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

2. How are the mountain fish that Timawi and Ishi catch different from the fish in the canyon?
(a) The mountain fish are smaller and richer than the canyon fish.
(b) The mountain fish move more slowly and are easier to catch.
(c) The mountain fish are poisonous.
(d) The mountain fish are larger than and not as flavorful as the canyon fish.

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

4. How do Ishi and Timawi know that they are near a herd of deer?
(a) They can see the deer through the trees.
(b) They see the deer tracks.
(c) They can hear the deer calls.
(d) They can smell the deer.

5. Why does Timawi insist that Tushi must go with him to his village?
(a) Timawi does not feel welcome in Tuliyani and wants to return home.
(b) Timawi is jealous of Ishi and wants Tushi to get away from him.
(c) Among his people, it is tradition for the woman to move to the man's village.
(d) Timawi does not believe that Tushi will truly be a wife unless she leaves her family.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ishi and his family smile when they hear the rush and roar of the wind coming down the canyon?

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

3. According to the Yahi creation story, from what were the first humans created?

4. What does Ishi assume when he first sees Timawi sitting beneath the tree?

5. Why do the Yahi no longer spend the summer on the mountain?

(see the answer key)

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