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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long does the girl stay in the cave?
(a) A week
(b) All day, that night, and most of the next day
(c) Three days
(d) A month

2. What kind of shelter does the girl's family have?
(a) A hide-covered lean-to
(b) A cave
(c) A wood frame house
(d) A mud-covered hut

3. What does Iza believe about Ayla's future?
(a) She believes that Ayla will be mated to a clan leader.
(b) She believes that Ayla will leave the clan when Broud becomes leader.
(c) She believes that Ayla will be one of the best medicine women because she has a gift.
(d) She believes that Ayla will have no status because she is ugly and will not have a mate.

4. Why is Iza the leader of the women?
(a) She is the leader's mate.
(b) She is the oldest woman.
(c) She is medicine woman.
(d) She is the leader's sibling.

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

6. What does Grod bring to help with the examination of the cave?
(a) His hunting spear
(b) A sacred bear skin
(c) His bola
(d) A torch

7. Why does Oga stop being friends with Ayla?
(a) Oga will be mated to Broud, and Oga can see that Broud hates Ayla.
(b) Brun makes her stop befriending the child of the Others.
(c) Oga realizes that Ayla is much younger than her, even though they are the same size.
(d) Oga decides that Ayla is too tall and ugly.

8. How does Iza transport the unconscious girl?
(a) The men carry her
(b) On a stretcher
(c) In a leather carrying cloak on her hip
(d) On her back

9. What does Ayla find while exploring?
(a) Another one of the Others
(b) A dead cave lion
(c) A perfect cave for the clan
(d) A herd of easy prey for the hunters

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

11. How does Brun secretly feel about the news of Iza's baby's gender?
(a) Sorrowful
(b) Angry
(c) Regretful
(d) Relieved

12. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?
(a) She hugs him.
(b) She runs away.
(c) She lashes out in anger.
(d) She cries tears.

13. When is the book set?
(a) More than 50,000 years ago
(b) At least 25,000 years ago
(c) Less than 6,000 years ago
(d) Less than 1,000 years ago

14. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She scurries in fear to meet his every need.
(c) She treats him with earned respect.
(d) She begins a campaign of petty insolence.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayla do that makes Creb bond with her?

2. Who is Broud and Oga's son?

3. What skill does Ayla have already that helps her learn to track animals?

4. What does Droog give Ayla?

5. Why does Creb have an ideal location in the cave?

(see the answer keys)

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