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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ayla take Uba to Oga for nursing?
(a) Iza has been cursed with death.
(b) Iza's milk is drying up.
(c) Iza is preparing for a cave ceremony.
(d) Iza is injured.

3. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?
(a) Ayla is pestering Iza too much.
(b) Ayla is being lazy.
(c) Ayla is being discourteous by looking at other people's conversations.
(d) Ayla is drawing counting marks in the sand.

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

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

6. What does Ayla do that reveals her secret skill?
(a) She tracks Brac through the woods and finds him.
(b) She jumps into the stream and saves him from drowning.
(c) She kills a mammoth.
(d) She kills the hyena.

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

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

9. What does Iza use for a medicine bag?
(a) A cow's stomach
(b) An otter hide
(c) A bag made from flax fibers
(d) A pliable hide

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

11. Why does Iza stay at Creb's hearth?
(a) It is her punishment for crossing the leader of the Clan.
(b) Her mate does not want her because she gives him no children.
(c) Iza must stay at her sibling's hearth because her mate has died.
(d) The Mog-ur and medicine woman in each clan always share a hearth.

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

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

14. Why does another lion chase the girl?
(a) The lion's kill is threatened.
(b) The small girl is a perfect meal for the lions.
(c) The girl ventures too close to the newborn lion cubs.
(d) The mother lion wants weak prey for her cubs to learn to kill.

15. What is the name of the man from the legend who leaves his clan instead of waiting for the Mog-ur with the rest of the people?
(a) Ursus
(b) Durc
(c) Storm
(d) Dorv

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal is Ayla's first true kill?

2. What does Droog give Ayla?

3. Who is the leader of the Clan?

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

5. How tall is the woman leading the women?

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