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

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

4. How do Ishi and Timawi lose the sheep that they steal?
(a) They encounter a bear and throw the meat to distract her.
(b) Ishi leaves the meat behind when he goes to look for Timawi.
(c) Timawi loses the meat when he is hunted and attacked by the sheepdog.
(d) They drop the meat when they stumble along the trail.

5. Why does Ishi retrieve his arrow from the tree into which he had misfired?
(a) He does not want any saldu to see it and suspect that there are Yahi nearby.
(b) He wants to keep it as a memento of his first deer.
(c) It takes a lot of work to make an arrow, and the arrowhead is treasured.
(d) He is embarrassed that someone will see it and know that his first shot missed.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Timawi carry the elk antlers on his head?

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

4. Why does Mother allow Tushi to go with Ishi to the beaver den?

5. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?

(see the answer key)

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