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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. According to Majapa, what keeps the Yahi world alive?
(a) Both he and Ishi remember it.
(b) The spirits of all of the Yahi who are buried there keep the world alive.
(c) The artifacts left behind will tell the story.
(d) The memories of all of the people and events live in the very earth.

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

3. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?
(a) To offer her some water.
(b) To change her bandages.
(c) To carry her somewhere.
(d) To find some food for her.

4. Why does Mother pour the water out of the baskets every evening?
(a) Water left overnight will be harmful to the body.
(b) A basket of water will tempt a spirit to stay close by.
(c) Wild animals will be drawn to the water if it is left in the basket.
(d) Pouring the water out will prevent bugs from gathering near the shelter.

5. Where does Ishi go when the summer gets too hot?
(a) Back to the house of flint cave.
(b) To Wowunupo.
(c) Back to Banya Creek.
(d) To the pines above Three Knolls.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?

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

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

4. Why does Ishi burn off his hair?

5. How does Ishi know that the saldu have made it to the ledge of their village?

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