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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What secret herbal medicine does Iza take to spite her mate?
(a) A weight reducer
(b) Birth control
(c) A memory enhancer
(d) A fertility enhancer

2. What happens while the clan is herding the fish into the net?
(a) Ona loses her footing and gets swept out to sea.
(b) Uba finds Ayla's sling.
(c) A sturgeon drags Brun out to sea.
(d) A predator snatches one of the toddlers from the beach.

3. What had Brun planned to do to with Iza before she rescued Ayla?
(a) Give her to Broud
(b) Take her and her baby to his own hearth
(c) Have the Mog-ur provide for her
(d) Give her to Grod

4. What does Ayla decide to do with her sling while on the mammoth hunt trip?
(a) Leave it at her secret cave
(b) Leave it at the bottom of her carrying basket
(c) Wear it as a headband
(d) Hide it deep in the folds of her wrap

5. What does Ayla do at the sea that no one else knows how to do?
(a) She swims.
(b) She catches fish with her bare hands.
(c) She wades in the shallow water.
(d) She digs for clams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iza decide to teach Ayla medicine?

2. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?

3. What does Brun do when Broud finally decides to rebuke Ayla for her insolence?

4. How long does the girl stay in the cave?

5. What kind of tools are women of the clan allowed to make?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Brun and Broud and their mates relieved when they return to the cave?

2. What does Creb realize when he learns of Ayla's crime?

3. How does Iza comfort Ayla when she gets upset after looking in the pool?

4. What does Creb realize about Durc?

5. Why does Brun send Ayla to find Creb when he falls behind on the journey home?

6. Why does Ayla ask to be cursed if Brun refuses to accept the baby?

7. What does Creb tell Ayla about how she will know what her totem wants?

8. What causes the girl to run after the earthquake?

9. How did the woman in the legend have her deformed son accepted?

10. What does the clan do with deformed babies?

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