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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayla want while the clan continues traveling?
(a) She wants to pick flowers for her new friends.
(b) She wants to learn to find food.
(c) She wants to learn to hunt.
(d) She wants to run away.

2. Who is Brun's mate?
(a) Oga
(b) Ebra
(c) Aga
(d) Ona

3. What direction does the cave face, making it an excellent selection for the clan's new home?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) South
(d) East

4. What does the hunt indicate to the clan about the cave?
(a) The clan will need to hunt all winter.
(b) The spirits are happy with their new home.
(c) The cave is a good place to stalk forest game.
(d) The spirits want the clan to find a home closer to the steppes.

5. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?
(a) Cherry
(b) Cinnamon
(c) Oak
(d) Willow

6. What is Broud's totem?
(a) Cave Bear
(b) Wooly Mammoth
(c) Cave Lion
(d) Wooly Rhinoceros

7. What ceremony does Brun hope to include in the cave ceremony celebration?
(a) Broud's manhood ceremony
(b) The ceremony to mate Iza and Creb
(c) The ceremony to make Grod new Mog-ur
(d) The ceremony to make Ayla one of the clan

8. Why does Iza take Ayla to the other women?
(a) She must see the Mog-ur to prepare for the ceremony.
(b) She is worried Ayla will not be accepted.
(c) She must collect the sacred roots for the ceremony.
(d) Brun does not want Iza to get too attached to the child of the Others.

9. After Broud beats Ayla, what does Brun threaten?
(a) To disown Broud and have him cursed with death
(b) To curse Ayla with death
(c) To make Broud leader of a new, lower-ranking clan
(d) To beat Broud next time he loses control

10. Why does Creb have an ideal location in the cave?
(a) Because of his unique position in the clan's hierarchy
(b) Because of his deformities
(c) Because his sibling is medicine woman
(d) Because he has arthritis

11. Iza is old for her first pregnancy. How old is she?
(a) 11
(b) 20
(c) 35
(d) 42

12. Why does Ayla go out alone?
(a) To spy on the men
(b) To collect cherry bark for Iza
(c) To forage for food
(d) To get away from the clan

13. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?
(a) She stabs the animal with a spear.
(b) She runs away and climbs a tree.
(c) She beats the animal with a stout deadwood branch.
(d) She flings a second stone with the sling.

14. What does Iza give Ayla before the mammoth hunt?
(a) Her own otter-skin medicine bag
(b) An amulet
(c) A special carrying basket
(d) A new wrap

15. What does Ayla try to kill with the sling and miss?
(a) A lynx
(b) A hyena
(c) A wolf
(d) A wolverine

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Iza the leader of the women?

2. What does Grod bring to help with the examination of the cave?

3. What does Ayla bring back to the cave?

4. Who sends Ayla to get wood with the other children?

5. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?

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