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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 ceremony does Brun hope to include in the cave ceremony celebration?
(a) Broud's manhood ceremony
(b) The ceremony to mate Iza and Creb
(c) The ceremony to make Grod new Mog-ur
(d) The ceremony to make Ayla one of the clan

2. How does Brun feel about Ayla during the winter of Broud's constant abuse of Ayla?
(a) Brun begins to wish he had never adopted her into the clan.
(b) Brun begins to respect Ayla.
(c) Brun believes that Ayla will be a good example to Broud.
(d) Brun believes she acts like a baby.

3. Why does Iza decide to teach Ayla medicine?
(a) She fears that she will not be able to take care of Creb much longer.
(b) She wants revenge on her cruel former mate.
(c) She fears that her medicine line will die with her.
(d) She believes that Ayla will be too ugly to find a mate, so she needs status in her own right.

4. Why does Brun reprimand Broud in the clearing?
(a) For lashing out at Zoug in anger
(b) For being lazy
(c) For messing up the ceremony
(d) For trying to teach Vorn to use the sling

5. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?
(a) She laughs at him.
(b) She begins a campaign of petty insolence.
(c) She scurries in fear to meet his every need.
(d) She treats him with earned respect.

Short Answer Questions

1. What skill does Ayla have already that helps her learn to track animals?

2. What happens while the women are preparing the mammoth for the journey home?

3. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?

4. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?

5. What does Droog give Ayla?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Creb's argument for not cursing Ayla for almost trying to force Brun to accept the baby?

2. What do the clan members believe about how babies are conceived?

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

4. Why does Creb take Durc to the other women for nursing?

5. How does Ayla feel when she makes her first kill?

6. How do the clan members communicate?

7. What does everyone talk about instead?

8. What does Oda's story make Ayla realize?

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

10. Why does Broud become sexually interested in Ayla?

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