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

2. What does Ishi decide to do with the hide of the deer that he kills?
(a) To make a new quiver for his arrows.
(b) To present it to Grandfather as a gift.
(c) To give it to Tushi so that she can make a warm blanket.
(d) To give it to Mother so that she can make a new warm skirt for winter.

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

4. Why does Mother allow Tushi to go with Ishi to the beaver den?
(a) Tushi has begged to go, and Mother is tired of arguing with her.
(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) Since Ishi would not be hunting, Tushi could accompany him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Ishi give Timawi after Timawi suggests that they can force the saldu out of the Bushki village?

2. Why does Ishi retrieve his arrow from the tree into which he had misfired?

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

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

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

(see the answer key)

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