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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 does Brun do when Broud finally decides to rebuke Ayla for her insolence?

2. How many days transpire between a clan child's birth and naming day?

3. Why does Iza take Ayla to the other women?

4. Why does Creb reprimand Ayla?

5. How many members does the clan have after losing some in the earthquake?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Broud become sexually interested in Ayla?

3. What besides grief makes Ayla suffer?

4. How does Ayla feel after the animal attack?

5. Why does Broud have Ayla cursed?

6. How do the clan members communicate?

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

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

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

10. Why do the mog-urs finally decide to accept Ayla and let her make the special ceremonial drink?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The clan incorporates a rich religious life in their culture and society.

Part 1) What are some of the elements of the clan's religion?

Part 2) How do these elements of the clan's religion enhance the novel?

Part 3) Compare and contrast Bear Ceremony to something in our culture, either a religious ceremony, or a similar secular event.

Essay Topic 2

Creb is sure that the clan is doomed. Write an essay providing evidence to support or refute his conclusion that Ayla's kind will live on and his kind will die out. Use examples from the text. How does Ayla's ideas about how babies are started influence this theme? What role do Durc and his promised mate play?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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