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

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

3. Why is Ishi surprised by the saldu who see him while he is fishing?
(a) Ishi had been sleeping on the rocks.
(b) Ishi recognizes them.
(c) The saldu moved quietly and Ishi did not smell them.
(d) The saldu come up behind him out of the forest.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What museum items does Majapa take Ishi to see on his second day in the city?

2. Why does Ishi not take the basket of Tushi's that Majapa offers him?

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

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

5. Why does Ishi shoot the hat off the saldu who is climbing up the trail?

(see the answer key)

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