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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Ayla become obsessed with while playing the bowl drum rhythms?
(a) She worries that she is too tall and ugly.
(b) She worries that Iza has died.
(c) She worries what has become of Durc.
(d) She worries that Iza's ancient bowl is lost.

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

4. What does Creb tell Ayla near the beginning of Chapter 24?
(a) That she must prepare herself, which means the other mog-urs have accepted her
(b) That the man she saved is marked by Ursus now
(c) That she is the medicine woman of the highest status
(d) That she is accepted by Zoug's kin and has found a mate

5. What ceremony does Brun want to plan with the Mog-ur?
(a) A ceremony to make Ayla a woman
(b) A ceremony to ward off evil spirits that might linger after the death curse
(c) A ceremony to make Ayla a hunter
(d) A ceremony to mate Ayla

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

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

8. What does Ayla do to avoid watching other women nurse Durc?
(a) She starts weaving lots of baskets.
(b) She starts painting pictures on the cave walls.
(c) She starts training Uba to be medicine woman.
(d) She begins hunting again.

9. How long does Brun decide to make the death curse?
(a) One moon
(b) One week
(c) One quarter
(d) One year

10. What does everyone in the clan watch Ayla do that winter?
(a) They watch across the hearth boundaries as Ayla goes to bed for the rest of her pregnancy.
(b) They watch as Ayla makes special clothes for her expected baby.
(c) They watch as Ayla forgets her difficult pregnancy to nurse Iza back to health.
(d) They watch as Ayla struggles to decide on a mate.

11. Where does Ayla go when she realizes that no one will interact with her, once cursed?
(a) To a small annex at the back of the clan cave
(b) To her secret cave
(c) To a nearby valley
(d) To the ocean

12. Who in the clan was also born deformed and allowed to live?
(a) Brun
(b) Dorv
(c) Creb
(d) Zoug

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

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

15. What game do Ayla and Durc play together?
(a) A game of stacking rocks
(b) A game of making sounds
(c) A game of pretending they are mates
(d) A game of throwing spears

Short Answer Questions

1. What concerns Brun at the Clan Gathering?

2. What does Iza tell Ayla before she dies?

3. What does Ayla decide she would rather do than leave, like Iza suggested?

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

5. What is Creb's last ceremony?

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