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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. Where do Ishi and Mother move after Tushi and Elder Uncle disappear?
(a) To Three Knolls.
(b) Back to Tuliyani.
(c) To Ishi's fishing shelter.
(d) To Acorn Hollow.

2. Why does Ishi release the rabbit that he catches while he is out collecting lichen?
(a) The rabbit came because it was curious, not because Ishi had been hunting.
(b) The rabbit appears to be as hungry and weak as he and his family.
(c) Ishi thinks the rabbit is too cute to eat.
(d) Somehow, the rabbit reminds Ishi of Tushi.

3. What is the "tube-stick" that Tushi and Ishi see the saldu using?
(a) A surveyor's tool.
(b) A rifle.
(c) A megaphone.
(d) A cannon.

4. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?
(a) He is wearing the traditional necklace of mourning.
(b) Ishi is barefoot and shirtless.
(c) Ishi's head is covered with a deer pelt.
(d) His hair is burned off close to his head and black stripes are painted on his face.

5. Why is Ishi alarmed by the ditch that the saldu are digging?
(a) The noise is driving away all of the game that he hunts.
(b) The ditch is headed right toward Wowunupo.
(c) The saldu's excavation is polluting the river.
(d) The saldu are destroying valuable food resources.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Mother take from her treasure bundle and wear on the night that she dies?

3. Why does Ishi wander away when he is supposed to be watching over Tushi?

4. Why are Ishi and Tushi convinced that the saldu will discover them if they try to move now?

5. According to Grandfather, why must a bow never be left standing?

(see the answer key)

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