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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. 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) Nine moon cycles (nine months).
(d) Fourteen years.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How does Ishi attempt to hide Mother from the saldu who enter the village?

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