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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayla find to make her believe she made the right decision?
(a) A small fossilized sea animal
(b) A cave lion track
(c) A piece of iron pyrite
(d) A piece of red ochre

2. What is Durc's totem?
(a) Roe Deer
(b) Wooly Rhinoceros
(c) Cave Lion
(d) Grey Wolf

3. Who argues with Broud about Ayla's behavior?
(a) Droog
(b) Creb
(c) Zoug
(d) Goov

4. How does Broud accept the baby?
(a) Broud is spiteful, thinking of a way to hurt the baby.
(b) Broud is happy to accept the baby, realizing it is his child.
(c) Brun has to order Broud to accept the baby.
(d) Broud is resigned to whatever the clan decides.

5. What does Ayla decide?
(a) She decides to stay in the cave alone.
(b) She decides to go away and try to find a new cave and new people.
(c) She decides to go back before the naming day and ask forgiveness.
(d) She decides to give the baby up.

6. Who becomes Uba's mate?
(a) Grod
(b) Goov
(c) Vorn
(d) Borg

7. What does Creb realize when watching Durc, who is almost walking now?
(a) He realizes that Durc will not be able to hunt.
(b) He realizes that Durc's deformity will make him retarded.
(c) He realizes that Durc is the future of the clan.
(d) He realizes that Durc is a mixture of the clan's and Others' spirits.

8. What does Brun threaten if they do not find Ayla before the naming day?
(a) He plans to mate Ayla and Broud.
(b) He refuses to allow Ayla to hunt anymore.
(c) He refuses to go the Clan Gathering if he loses face.
(d) He plans to make Ayla dispose of the child.

9. How does Creb begin the ceremony?
(a) By invoking the ancient female spirits
(b) By having Ayla make a drink from datura
(c) By taking Ayla in the special place the men usually have ceremonies
(d) By invoking the totems to explain his attempts to make the Cave Lion happy

10. What does Ayla decide she would rather do than leave, like Iza suggested?
(a) She would rather keep Creb alive a few more years than leave.
(b) She would rather have her own hearth than leave.
(c) She would rather be Broud's mate than leave.
(d) She would rather be second woman to Vorn than leave.

11. Why is Ayla secretly grateful to Broud?
(a) His refusal means she does not have to treat his sons illnesses and injuries.
(b) His refusal means she can teach Uba how to make baby food.
(c) His refusal allows Durc to stay with her at night.
(d) His refusal means she does not have to compete with Oga.

12. Who from Brun's clan is chosen for the Cave Bear Ceremony?
(a) Goov
(b) Vorn
(c) Broud
(d) Droog

13. What is the bad news after the baby is born?
(a) The baby is stillborn.
(b) The baby is deformed.
(c) The baby is a boy.
(d) The baby is a girl.

14. What happens to Gorn, one of the hunters fighting the cave bear?
(a) The bear gives him a gash that makes him bleed to death.
(b) The bear bites him.
(c) The bear snaps his spine.
(d) The bear steps on him.

15. What does Ayla do that astonishes the other clans?
(a) She shows everyone Durc.
(b) She shows no fear of the pet cave bear.
(c) She laughs.
(d) She undresses, revealing how different her body is.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who reminds Brun that Ayla is lucky?

2. What is Creb's last ceremony?

3. What instruction does Ayla get during her womanhood curse?

4. What ceremony does Creb want to include with Durc's totem ceremony?

5. What comes first for Brun, which makes his decision about Ayla's punishment difficult?

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