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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What concerns Brun at the Clan Gathering?
(a) He worries that his clan will lose their top status.
(b) He worries that he will be killed by the cave bear.
(c) He worries that Durc will attract too much notice.
(d) He worries that Iza will die while they are gone.

2. Who dies in the earthquake?
(a) Brun
(b) Durc
(c) Uba
(d) Creb

3. What happens when Iza goes out to get a root to help prevent miscarriage for Ayla?
(a) Iza breaks her leg while she is gone.
(b) Uba helps Ayla rest and recover.
(c) Iza comes back sick from her consumptive lung disease.
(d) Ayla loses the baby anyway.

4. Who does Ayla ask to protect Durc before she goes?
(a) Uba
(b) Oga
(c) Brun
(d) Ebra

5. Why does Oda approach Ayla?
(a) She wants to talk about the Others.
(b) She wants Ayla to take her deformed baby.
(c) She wants to learn from the top medicine woman.
(d) She wants her baby to mate Durc when they are older.

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

7. What does Iza do with Ayla's belongings?
(a) She hides them.
(b) She burns them.
(c) She sets them aside for Ayla to take with her to the spirit world.
(d) She leaves them as is, in anticipation for Ayla's return.

8. Who warns Ayla that she will die if she forces the clan to accept her child?
(a) Iza
(b) Zoug
(c) Uba
(d) Creb

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

10. How does Ayla come out of her depression?
(a) She starts hunting and collecting medicinal plants again.
(b) She starts planning for the Clan Gathering.
(c) She knows that Broud can do nothing else to her.
(d) She realizes she is going to have a baby.

11. Who does Ayla say she missed while she was gone to break the tension?
(a) Zoug
(b) Creb
(c) Brac
(d) Broud

12. What do the men decide about Ayla's fate?
(a) The vote is tied and up to Brun, who wants to think about it until morning.
(b) They decide to condemn her with death.
(c) They decide to let her live, but she can never touch the sling again.
(d) They decide to let her live and become a hunter.

13. Who convinces Ayla to leave the cave after she is almost not admitted?
(a) Norg
(b) Uba
(c) Oda
(d) Creb

14. What kind of medicine does Iza suggest to Ayla?
(a) An herb to help Ayla keep the baby
(b) An herb to strengthen her bones during pregnancy
(c) An herb to make her lose the baby
(d) An herb to make her more attractive to gain a mate

15. 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 be second woman to Vorn than leave.
(c) She would rather be Broud's mate than leave.
(d) She would rather have her own hearth than leave.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the clan was also born deformed and allowed to live?

2. What does Ayla become obsessed with while playing the bowl drum rhythms?

3. What fear encourages Ayla to keep going during her difficult delivery?

4. Why does Vond come to Brun's clan?

5. What is the first kill Ayla brings back to the cave?

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