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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Moon Seasons Section 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What advice does Elder Uncle give Ishi and Timawi regarding the saldu?
(a) Do not think about the saldu; avoid them in thought and action.
(b) Train faithfully and look for an opportunity to seek revenge.
(c) Study them and learn their ways.
(d) Forgive them and offer them peace.

2. Why do Ishi and Timawi have little fear of the saldu during the cold winter?
(a) They could easily track any of the saldu through the snow.
(b) The saldu do not ride the trails when they are covered in ice.
(c) Ishi and Timawi believe that the saldu hibernate like the bear.
(d) The gods protect the Yahi during the winter.

3. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?
(a) He gets to stay in the men's house.
(b) He is served the first bowl of salmon at dinner.
(c) He gets a new quiver of arrows.
(d) He gets to shoot the first deer of the New Year.

4. According to the Yahi creation story, from what were the first humans created?
(a) From buckeye sticks and smoke blown from a stone pipe.
(b) From stones tossed over the shoulder of a god.
(c) From the parts of an egg.
(d) From the clay of the earth.

5. Why does Ishi not like the Green Cave?
(a) Grandfather has told him that evil spirits live in the cave.
(b) It is dark and full of unknown creatures.
(c) The bones of many Yahi are buried in the cave.
(d) Ishi was once attacked by a bear at Green Cave.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Ishi when he sees the saldu stop at Black Rock?

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

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

4. According to Elder Uncle, why is a bow better than a trap?

5. According to the Yahi creation story, into what did the god Kaltsuna transform after he finished creating humans?

(see the answer key)

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