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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. Why does Ishi shoot the hat off the saldu who is climbing up the trail?
(a) He is so nervous that he cannot take aim.
(b) He cannot see through the brush, so he is not able to aim.
(c) He sees the color of the hat and mistakes it for an animal.
(d) He does not want to kill anyone unless he is forced to.

2. What do the waves leave for Ishi when he stands on the shore?
(a) A white shell.
(b) A heart-shaped rock.
(c) A piece of sea glass.
(d) A broken arrowhead.

3. According to the Yahi creation story, how did creation begin?
(a) The earth fell from the heavens, fully formed.
(b) The Great gods dragged the uncreated world up from the bottom of the Outer Ocean.
(c) The Great gods cracked open an egg, and the parts settled to become different parts of the earth.
(d) The Great gods simply called the earth forth to assemble it into landforms and waterways.

4. How does Elder Uncle purify Ishi of any danger that might have followed him from the spirit world?
(a) He orders him to take a sweat bath.
(b) He blows sacred tobacco over him and says prayers.
(c) He tells him to go to Black Rock and talk to Timawi's spirit.
(d) He burns sage and prays over him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ishi decide he will preserve the Yahi Way?

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

3. How does the crowd of saldu react to Ishi when he tries to speak to them?

4. According to Majapa, what makes the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

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

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