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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of shelter does the girl's family have?

2. What does Droog give Ayla?

3. What does Ayla bring back to the cave?

4. What drives her to leave?

5. Why does Droog allow Ayla to watch him make the tools for the mammoth hunt?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do many of the clan think it would be better if Ayla lost the baby?

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

3. What does Brun realize when he sees the hyena's wounds?

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

5. Why does Brun feel sorrow about the events with Broud's race?

6. Why does the medicine woman have status of her own, regardless of her mate?

7. How is Creb convinced that Ayla belongs with the clan now?

8. Why is the clan traveling?

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

10. How does the girl stay warm at night?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What makes Brun a good leader? Write an essay exploring Brun's character. Identify three characteristics that you consider good leadership qualities. Provide examples from the text showing the development of that characteristic in Brun. How does each make him a good leader?

Essay Topic 2

When Ayla is cursed with death, Brun gives a eulogy for her stating she has more courage, determination, and self-control than Broud. On all of the following, use examples from the text.

Part 1) How is Ayla more courageous than Broud?

Part 2) How is Ayla more determined than Broud?

Part 3) How does Ayla have more self-control than Broud?

Essay Topic 3

One of the differences between Ayla and the clan is her ability to conceive new innovations.

Part 1) What are some of the innovations that Ayla thinks of during the novel?

Part 2) What are the implications of these innovations? Do they influence the plot? How?

Part 3) How do Ayla's new ideas help her to survive? How do they threaten her survival in the strict structure and culture of the clan?

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