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

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

4. What does Ayla do that Creb finds unforgivable?
(a) She has sex with a man from another clan.
(b) She touches a weapon at the Clan Gathering.
(c) She witnesses the sacred ceremony of the mog-urs.
(d) She pours out the extra liquid from the ceremonial drink.

5. What is Iza's final wish to the spirits before she dies?
(a) She wants to see her loved ones before she dies.
(b) She wants Broud to accept Ayla.
(c) She wants some more elecampane to treat her cough.
(d) She wants Ayla to be mated.

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

7. What does Creb do when he sees Ayla?
(a) He does not see her; he believes the curse is still in effect.
(b) He throws his arm around her and hugs her in spite of customs about emotions.
(c) He falls to the ground, fainting from fear of her spirit.
(d) He runs to his small annex to see if the curse is over.

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

9. Why does Ayla cry after looking in a pool of water?
(a) She is upset that Iza will not let her keep the deerskin she made during her death curse.
(b) She realizes she is ugly to the clan and will never have a mate.
(c) She wants to have a baby.
(d) She is exhausted from the tests sent by her totem the Cave Lion.

10. What does Ayla do during the cave bear ceremony?
(a) She uses her sling on the bear.
(b) She mourns for the fallen hunter.
(c) She rushes into the battle to apply a tourniquet to a wounded hunter.
(d) She picks up a spear to help kill the bear.

11. As the men question Ayla, what does Broud realize with angry embarrassment?
(a) That she will be dead soon and he will miss her
(b) That she is a better hunter than him
(c) That she witnessed him pushing Zoug and his punishment
(d) That if she had not watched Zoug that day, Brac would be dead

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

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

14. Who dies while the clan is gone?
(a) Iza
(b) Zoug
(c) Aba
(d) Dorv

15. What does Creb find when he goes to his annex to break the death curse by changing the pattern of bones?
(a) Rodents have taken over the annex.
(b) The curse is still in effect.
(c) The Cave Lion spirit shows himself and tells Creb to make Ayla a hunter.
(d) The curse has already been broken.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What angers Broud as the clan is preparing to leave the Clan Gathering?

3. Why does Uba have to spend a few days alone?

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

5. Why does Brun hesitate to give Ayla the death curse right away?

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