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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ending People Section 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother allow Tushi to go with Ishi to the beaver den?
(a) Tushi has shown herself to be as successful a hunter as Ishi.
(b) Tushi has begged to go, and Mother is tired of arguing with her.
(c) Since Ishi would not be hunting, Tushi could accompany him.
(d) Since Timawi is ill, Ishi will need someone else to help him.

2. Why are Ishi and Tushi convinced that the saldu will discover them if they try to move now?
(a) There are just too many saldu that they would not be able to avoid them.
(b) They are so upset that they would not be able to think clearly.
(c) The ground is covered with snow, so their tracks would be visible.
(d) Mother is not able to walk, so they would not be able to move quickly or quietly.

3. From Tuliyani, which direction is the Trail to the Land of the Dead?
(a) To the west.
(b) To the east.
(c) To the south.
(d) To the north.

4. What prediction does Mother make about the New Year?
(a) She says that all of the saldu will have left by the New Year.
(b) She says that she will walk into the New Year on her own feet.
(c) She says that it will be the most prosperous New Year they have ever seen.
(d) She says that she will not make it to see the New Year.

5. What does Mother take from her treasure bundle and wear on the night that she dies?
(a) Her shell necklace.
(b) Her feather cape.
(c) Her sweetgrass bracelet.
(d) Ishi's bone earrings.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?

2. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?

3. What does the saldu intend to do with Tushi?

4. Why does Mother pour the water out of the baskets every evening?

5. According to the story that Grandfather tells, where did the old woman hide the fire that she had stolen from the Fire People?

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