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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. How many days transpire between a clan child's birth and naming day?
(a) Ten
(b) Seven
(c) Twenty
(d) Three

2. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?
(a) Creb wants her to save her energy for a ceremony.
(b) She must tend to a sick child.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She goes into labor.

3. What does Brun do when Broud finally decides to rebuke Ayla for her insolence?
(a) Brun does nothing.
(b) Brun beats Broud.
(c) Brun disowns Broud.
(d) Brun congratulates Broud for controlling his anger.

4. What is the lioness stalking when the girl gets too close?
(a) Aurochs
(b) Humans
(c) Giant deer
(d) Bison

5. Where does Ayla begin hiding her sling as she learns to hunt?
(a) In the folds of her wrap
(b) In the hazelnut bushes in front of her cave
(c) In her collecting basket
(d) In her shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Iza think is a usually a problem for women delivering babies?

2. What do the older men use to hunt small animals?

3. When is the book set?

4. Why does Iza stay at Creb's hearth?

5. Why does another lion chase the girl?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Creb allowed to live after his difficult birth?

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

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

4. What does Ayla realize about her son's deformity?

5. How do the clan members communicate?

6. Why does Broud have Ayla cursed?

7. What besides grief makes Ayla suffer?

8. What things does Creb consider when selecting a totem for a child?

9. What does Creb realize about Durc?

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

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