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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ishi looking for when he wanders into the saldu village?
(a) His old fishing shelter.
(b) The entrance to the cave at Wowunupo.
(c) The Outer Ocean.
(d) The Trail to the Land of the Dead.

2. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?
(a) Ishi's head is covered with a deer pelt.
(b) He is wearing the traditional necklace of mourning.
(c) Ishi is barefoot and shirtless.
(d) His hair is burned off close to his head and black stripes are painted on his face.

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

4. Why does Ishi at first refuse the food and drink that the Sheriff offers him?
(a) He is too afraid to be hungry.
(b) He thinks it might be poisoned and too many people are staring at him.
(c) He is still in mourning, so he is fasting.
(d) The food does not look appetizing.

5. According to the Yahi creation story, into what did the god Kaltsuna transform after he finished creating humans?
(a) A little rock lizard.
(b) A grizzly bear.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) An elk.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elder Uncle purify Ishi of any danger that might have followed him from the spirit world?

2. Once Ishi realizes that his loved ones are no longer wandering, where does he decide to go?

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

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

5. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?

(see the answer key)

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