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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. 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) Some baskets with food.
(c) Trash from their camp.
(d) A pocketknife and a sack of tobacco.

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

3. What museum items does Majapa take Ishi to see on his second day in the city?
(a) Pottery.
(b) Baskets.
(c) Arrows.
(d) Watgurwas.

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

5. What offering does Majapa blow into the ocean before he and Ishi leave?
(a) Cornmeal.
(b) Tobacco.
(c) Wheat flour.
(d) Acorn flour.

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

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

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

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