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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ishi shoot the hat off the saldu who is climbing up the trail?
(a) He is so nervous that he cannot take aim.
(b) He does not want to kill anyone unless he is forced to.
(c) He cannot see through the brush, so he is not able to aim.
(d) He sees the color of the hat and mistakes it for an animal.

2. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?
(a) They wanted to learn more about the geography of the area.
(b) They were looking for more artifacts for the museum.
(c) They were hunting for elk.
(d) They wanted to find and help Ishi and his mother.

3. How does Ishi know that the saldu have made it to the ledge of their village?
(a) He hears their knives cutting through the brush.
(b) He can smell them approaching.
(c) He can see them from the top of the pine tree.
(d) He has had a dream that warned him of this.

4. Why is Ishi surprised by the saldu who see him while he is fishing?
(a) The saldu come up behind him out of the forest.
(b) Ishi recognizes them.
(c) The saldu moved quietly and Ishi did not smell them.
(d) Ishi had been sleeping on the rocks.

5. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?
(a) He was able to shoot the saldu without harming Tushi.
(b) He was shooting uphill at a moving target.
(c) He was able to shoot him from behind without being seen.
(d) He was shooting from behind a dense thicket of brush.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ishi not take the basket of Tushi's that Majapa offers him?

2. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?

3. What offering does Majapa blow into the ocean before he and Ishi leave?

4. What does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?

5. What does Tushi ask Grandmother to do in order to make the time pass while Ishi and Timawi are gone?

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