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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 does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?
(a) A Yahi arrowhead.
(b) A Yahi flute.
(c) A Yahi harpoon.
(d) A Yahi basket.

2. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?
(a) The voices of the Lost Ones.
(b) Kaltsuna and Jupka.
(c) The Spirit of Waganupa.
(d) His own strong will to live.

3. How many days pass between the time that Ishi and Timawi leave and Ishi's return to Tuliyani?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two full months.
(c) Nine days and nine nights.
(d) Eight days and eight nights.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. One day, Mother tells Ishi that he looks like a hunter again and that she no longer fears for him. How soon after this does she pass away?

2. Why does Mother pour the water out of the baskets every evening?

3. According to the Yahi creation story, how did creation begin?

4. From Tuliyani, which direction is the Trail to the Land of the Dead?

5. What returns to Ishi after he discovers Lookout Point?

(see the answer key)

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