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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 does not want to kill anyone unless he is forced to.
(b) He sees the color of the hat and mistakes it for an animal.
(c) He is so nervous that he cannot take aim.
(d) He cannot see through the brush, so he is not able to aim.

2. How does Ishi attempt to hide Mother from the saldu who enter the village?
(a) He takes her with him up into the boughs of the pine tree.
(b) He moves her into the darkness at the very back of the cave.
(c) He hides her in a bush just outside the village.
(d) He covers her with a cape and blanket.

3. What does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?
(a) Wowunupo.
(b) Lookout Point.
(c) Black Rock.
(d) Waganupa.

4. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?
(a) It smells like Banya Creek.
(b) It smells like dried acorns.
(c) It smells like Tushi's skin.
(d) It smells like the cave at Wowunupo.

5. By the time that Ishi and Tushi see the saldu at the marsh, how long have the Yahi been in hiding?
(a) Six turnings of the moon (six months).
(b) Nine moon cycles (nine months).
(c) Fourteen years.
(d) Seven turnings of the moon (or seven years).

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?

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

3. How does Timawi respond to Elder Uncle's suggestion that he teach Ishi about what he had done wrong?

4. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?

5. What does the next group of saldu leave in the cave when they return to look for Mother?

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