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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. 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 covers her with a cape and blanket.
(c) He hides her in a bush just outside the village.
(d) He moves her into the darkness at the very back of the cave.

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

3. What does the next group of saldu leave in the cave when they return to look for Mother?
(a) A bow and a quiver of arrows.
(b) A pocketknife and a sack of tobacco.
(c) Trash from their camp.
(d) Some baskets with food.

4. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?
(a) The injured horse and a dead rider.
(b) Empty boxes and equipment, but no horse or rider.
(c) The dead horse and rider.
(d) The dead horse, but no rider.

5. Why does Ishi not take the basket of Tushi's that Majapa offers him?
(a) It was not one of her best pieces of work.
(b) He says that he wants nothing to do with the old life.
(c) It brings too many sad memories for him.
(d) He says that it is a part of the museum's treasures and belongs there.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. By the time that Ishi and Tushi see the saldu at the marsh, how long have the Yahi been in hiding?

3. What advice does Elder Uncle give to the tribe after Timawi expresses his anger with Ishi for letting the saldu escape?

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

5. Why is Ishi surprised by the saldu who see him while he is fishing?

(see the answer key)

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