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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cave Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Since Timawi is ill, Ishi will need someone else to help him.
(c) Since Ishi would not be hunting, Tushi could accompany him.
(d) Tushi has begged to go, and Mother is tired of arguing with her.

3. What does Ishi assume when he first sees Timawi sitting beneath the tree?
(a) He thinks that Timawi is asleep.
(b) He thinks that Timawi is dead.
(c) He thinks that Timawi is playing a joke in him.
(d) He thinks that Timawi is seriously hurt.

4. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?
(a) He gets a new quiver of arrows.
(b) He gets to shoot the first deer of the New Year.
(c) He gets to stay in the men's house.
(d) He is served the first bowl of salmon at dinner.

5. What reason does Timawi give to explain why it is acceptable to steal saldu food?
(a) The saldu have so much that they will never notice the loss of a couple of lambs.
(b) The saldu do not live according to the Way, so their possessions do not belong to them.
(c) The saldu hunt Yahi food, so they might as well eat saldu food.
(d) The saldu have taken Yahi lives and land, so they owe the Yahi at least a little food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Timawi insist that Tushi must go with him to his village?

2. Why is Ishi concerned about Grandmother and Grandfather?

3. How do Ishi and Timawi lose the sheep that they steal?

4. Why does Ishi release the rabbit that he catches while he is out collecting lichen?

5. How does Ishi think his mother feels when he sees that she is wearing her sweetgrass bracelet?

(see the answer key)

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