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

2. According to Ishi, what is the best saldu magic?
(a) Cigarettes.
(b) The "firesticks" that they use to hunt.
(c) Black coffee.
(d) The "quick-fire" at the end of the match stick.

3. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?
(a) To Tuliyani.
(b) To Lookout Point.
(c) To Ancestor Cave.
(d) To all of the places that he and Tushi went to when they were children.

4. Why is Ishi surprised by the saldu who see him while he is fishing?
(a) Ishi recognizes them.
(b) Ishi had been sleeping on the rocks.
(c) The saldu moved quietly and Ishi did not smell them.
(d) The saldu come up behind him out of the forest.

5. When does Majapa wish to visit the Yahi world?
(a) At the beginning of the Harvest.
(b) When the salmon return in the spring.
(c) When the museum closes for the summer.
(d) On the anniversary of Ishi's arrival in the saldu village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What suggests to Ishi that the mother bear he sees is the same one that fought him for the cave?

2. According to their plan, where will Tushi and Elder Uncle go to hide if they need to leave the cave village?

3. Why does Ishi at first refuse the food and drink that the Sheriff offers him?

4. Why do Elder Uncle and Ishi shoot the young buck rather than the old leader of the elk herd?

5. What is Ishi's job in the spring?

(see the answer key)

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