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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 is Broud's totem?
(a) Cave Bear
(b) Cave Lion
(c) Wooly Rhinoceros
(d) Wooly Mammoth

2. What idea does Ayla get when thinking about the attack?
(a) She decides that she cannot hunt meat eaters after all.
(b) She decides to learn to use the bola instead.
(c) She decides to try to learn to fling two stones from the sling in quick succession.
(d) She decides that she is ready for larger game.

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

4. What must happen for Iza to stay at Creb's hearth?
(a) Her baby must be a girl.
(b) The spirits must give a sign at the cave ceremony.
(c) Brun must agree.
(d) The hunt must be successful.

5. Why does Creb have an ideal location in the cave?
(a) Because of his unique position in the clan's hierarchy
(b) Because he has arthritis
(c) Because of his deformities
(d) Because his sibling is medicine woman

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the clan members differ from the girl?

2. Why does Brun reprimand Broud?

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

4. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?

5. What had Brun planned to do to with Iza before she rescued Ayla?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the problem with Ayla forcing Brun to accept her child?

2. How do the women treat Ayla after she returns?

3. Why does Brun decide to make the death curse temporary?

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

5. What does the girl do during the earthquake?

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

7. How does Ayla feel about the strange people caring for her?

8. Brun wants Iza to leave the girl. Why?

9. What does Ayla focus on once cursed with death?

10. What does Iza speculate saved the girl from the cave lion attack?

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