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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Creb "remind" the men about the clan's ancient past?
(a) Women once hunted as well as men.
(b) The totem spirits are the only spirits the clan has ever had.
(c) The cave bear and the cave lion females hunt.
(d) Women used to hunt while men protected the young.

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

3. What happens to Iza's bowl?
(a) It is lost.
(b) One of the mog-urs steps on it.
(c) It breaks.
(d) Another medicine woman steals it.

4. How does Creb begin the ceremony?
(a) By invoking the totems to explain his attempts to make the Cave Lion happy
(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 ancient female spirits

5. Who is the only other mother with plenty of milk for more than one baby?
(a) Aga
(b) Ebra
(c) Ika
(d) Oga

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

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

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

9. 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 does not have to compete with Oga.
(c) His refusal means she can teach Uba how to make baby food.
(d) His refusal allows Durc to stay with her at night.

10. What instruction does Ayla get during her womanhood curse?
(a) Ways to avoid men who might want to pester her
(b) Who she should mate
(c) Where to go when Broud becomes leader
(d) Everything she needs to know about being a woman

11. What does Broud refuse?
(a) To have Durc move to his hearth
(b) To let Oga leave his hearth
(c) To let Ayla touch his sons
(d) To let Oga nurse Durc

12. Why does Brun hesitate to give Ayla the death curse right away?
(a) He does not want to anger Creb, since he is mog-ur.
(b) He does not want to lose the novelty of the Woman Who Hunts to show off at the Clan Gathering.
(c) He believes a death curse is a serious threat to the whole clan.
(d) He does not want to anger Iza, since she is medicine woman.

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

14. What fear encourages Ayla to keep going during her difficult delivery?
(a) She fears the baby will die and she will never have another one.
(b) She fears that Iza and Creb will not love her anymore.
(c) She fears that she will have to hunt for the baby herself.
(d) She fears the baby will be deformed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Ayla's punishment for her defiance?

2. How does Ayla keep track of the time during her curse?

3. What happens at the end of the curse?

4. What does everyone in the clan watch Ayla do that winter?

5. What does the ceremony make Ayla?

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