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

2. What is Ishi's job in the spring?
(a) To clean the feather and fur wraps.
(b) To catch salmon.
(c) To grind salmon bones into flour.
(d) To wash the baskets.

3. Why does Ishi burn off his hair?
(a) He believes that it will keep the saldu away.
(b) It is a sign of mourning for the family members that have died.
(c) He falls asleep too close to the fire.
(d) As a man, he must keep his hair short.

4. Why is Ishi concerned about Grandmother and Grandfather?
(a) They do not have much food to eat and are growing weak.
(b) They are getting older and will soon die.
(c) They are too quiet and do not speak to the others anymore.
(d) They are forgetting the stories that they have told for years.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tushi say she will keep the sweetgrass bracelet that Timawi made for her?

2. What regret about Timawi doe Tushi express to Ishi?

3. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?

4. What detail does Grandmother add to the end of Grandfather's story about Jikula and Ahalamila?

5. What is the "tube-stick" that Tushi and Ishi see the saldu using?

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