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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. Who sends Ayla to get wood with the other children?
(a) Aga
(b) Ebra
(c) Iza
(d) Ona

2. What does Ayla remember Zoug saying about killing animals that are meat eaters?
(a) Meat eaters are the best food for winter.
(b) It is better to kill them with a sling because you do not have to get so close.
(c) If you miss a meat eater with the sling, you can always follow up with a spear thrust.
(d) Animals like a lynx or larger are easy to kill with a sling.

3. How do the clan members differ from the girl?
(a) They have tall, long foreheads with lots of blond hair.
(b) They have slight but powerful muscles.
(c) They have long, thin bones that make them tall and thin.
(d) They have a short, thick neck that supports their long, large flat heads.

4. What painkilling bark does Iza give Ayla for her fever and painful scratches?
(a) Cinnamon
(b) Cherry
(c) Willow
(d) Oak

5. What does Creb find in the cave that seals the Clan's acceptance of the space as their new home?
(a) Roe deer bones
(b) A spring of clean water
(c) The skull of the cave bear
(d) Hyena droppings

Short Answer Questions

1. How tall is the woman leading the women?

2. Why does Brun reprimand Broud in the clearing?

3. What is the lioness stalking when the girl gets too close?

4. What does Droog give Ayla?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Iza so happy about the news that she may stay at the Mog-ur's hearth?

4. How does the girl stay warm at night?

5. Why do the mog-urs of the other clans decide not to have the special ceremonial drink?

6. Why does Ayla become the center of attention after the first female sturgeon is caught?

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

8. What does Ayla think about what Iza told her before she died?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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