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

2. What does the saldu intend to do with Tushi?
(a) Shoot her in the back.
(b) Set her free.
(c) Lasso and kidnap her.
(d) Run her over with his horse.

3. Where does Tushi say she will keep the sweetgrass bracelet that Timawi made for her?
(a) In Mother's treasure bundle.
(b) In the woman's shelter.
(c) With her treasures.
(d) She will wear it.

4. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?
(a) Wild berries.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Acorns.
(d) Boadicea bulbs.

5. What regret about Timawi doe Tushi express to Ishi?
(a) She regrets that she did not take his sweetgrass bracelet.
(b) She regrets that Timawi was not able to return to his village.
(c) She regrets that Timawi and Ishi were not better friends.
(d) She regrets that he did not have a family to return to.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How many days pass between the time that Ishi and Timawi leave and Ishi's return to Tuliyani?

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

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

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