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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is the young girl at the beginning of the book?
(a) Three
(b) Five
(c) Four
(d) Six

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

3. 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

4. What happens once she leaves the cave?
(a) The lion returns and chases her back into the cave.
(b) She is afraid of the carrion birds.
(c) She passes out.
(d) She meets people.

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

6. What men stay behind to protect the cave?
(a) Creb and Goov
(b) Zoug and Dorv
(c) Broud and Vorn
(d) Grod and Brun

7. What does Iza make for Ayla, meaning that Ayla will become one of the clan?
(a) An amulet
(b) A lynx coat
(c) A medicine bag
(d) Shoes

8. What skill does Ayla have already that helps her learn to track animals?
(a) She knows how to make tools from flint.
(b) She is demure and docile towards the men.
(c) She walks quietly and stealthily to avoid attracting attention.
(d) She observes small details that differentiate plants for medicinal use.

9. Who sends Ayla to get wood with the other children?
(a) Aga
(b) Iza
(c) Ona
(d) Ebra

10. What most influences the leader to let Iza help the girl?
(a) His opinion that the girl will probably die anyway
(b) Fear of upsetting his sibling
(c) Fear of angering the spirits and ruining the cave ceremony
(d) Iza's request to help the girl

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

12. What does Broud offer to make Vorn?
(a) A sling
(b) A bola
(c) A bow
(d) A spear

13. What must happen for Iza to stay at Creb's hearth?
(a) The hunt must be successful.
(b) Her baby must be a girl.
(c) Brun must agree.
(d) The spirits must give a sign at the cave ceremony.

14. What drives her to leave?
(a) Thirst
(b) Her wound
(c) Hunger
(d) Her sunburn

15. What does Ayla do wrong when Broud hits her?
(a) She cries out.
(b) She hits back.
(c) She gets his tea quickly.
(d) She leaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?

2. What do the older men use to hunt small animals?

3. How does Brun secretly feel about the news of Iza's baby's gender?

4. Who is destined to be Broud's mate?

5. What happens to convince the clan to start allowing Ayla to help Iza practice medicine?

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