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

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

3. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?
(a) To find some food for her.
(b) To carry her somewhere.
(c) To change her bandages.
(d) To offer her some water.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?

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

3. How does Ishi know that the saldu have made it to the ledge of their village?

4. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?

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

(see the answer key)

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