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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who from Brun's clan is chosen for the Cave Bear Ceremony?

2. Who does Broud make his second-in-command?

3. What does Creb find when he goes to his annex to break the death curse by changing the pattern of bones?

4. What do the men decide about Ayla's fate?

5. How does Creb begin the ceremony?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose three things that Ayla considers tests from her totem.

Part 1) What are the tests? Describe the things that she thinks of as tests from her totem.

Part 2) In what ways do the tests challenge her?

Part 3) What are the rewards for meeting these challenges?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Men and women have very clearly defined roles in The Clan of the Cave Bear. Write an essay exploring the women's place in the clan's society

Part 1) What is the women's place in the clan's society? How do the women feel about their position in the clan? Use examples from the text.

Part 2) How does the relationship between Iza and her siblings Creb and Brun demonstrate women's place in the clan? Does she get special privileges for being medicine woman? Does she get special privileges for being the leader's sibling? Does she get special privileges for being the Mog-ur's sibling?

Part 3) Does Ayla's behavior influence the other women of the clan? Use examples from the text.

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