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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 Iza believe about Ayla's future?

2. What does Ayla do that reveals her secret skill?

3. What does Ayla do at the sea that no one else knows how to do?

4. What does Ayla find when she is looking for a place to practice her sling skills?

5. What must happen for Iza to stay at Creb's hearth?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ayla act towards Broud after she returns?

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

3. Why does Brun decide to make the death curse temporary?

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

5. How does Ayla finally begin to understand the clan language?

6. Why is Ayla embarrassed as the clan begins its journey to the Clan Gathering?

7. What besides grief makes Ayla suffer?

8. How does the girl stay warm at night?

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

10. What does the girl do during the earthquake?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Clan lacks the capacity to foresee consequences. If Brun could have perfect information about the future of the strange child he decides to let Iza adopt, what might he do differently? Write an essay describing how he might handle (1) her lack of submission to Broud, (2) her desire to hunt, and (3) her ability to learn healing from Iza. What might he do to prepare himself and the clan for these differences? If he decided to abandon her because she was too different, would the clan suffer from losing her? What do they gain by having her as part of the clan?

Essay Topic 2

Choose one of the three options to write about.

1) There are many instances of foreshadowing in The Clan of the Cave Bear. Cite 3 examples of foreshadowing. Explain how each example is used to indicate future events in the novel.

2) There are also many symbols used in the novel. Discuss 3 symbols used in the novel. How are these symbols used? What is their meaning?

3) How is irony used in the novel? Discuss 3 examples of dramatic irony used in the novel. How can the situations or events be seen as ironic?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay explaining how evolution plays a part in the novel. How is Ayla more evolved than the clan? What are the effects of her being more evolved? How do these effects influence the events in the novel?

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