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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cave Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is Black Rock?
(a) Three times the height of Ishi's house.
(b) Three times the height of a man.
(c) As tall as four large pines trees.
(d) As tall as a grizzly bear standing on two legs.

2. According to the Yahi creation story, into what did the god Kaltsuna transform after he finished creating humans?
(a) An elk.
(b) A grizzly bear.
(c) A butterfly.
(d) A little rock lizard.

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

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

5. According to Elder Uncle's story, why did Ishi's father kill the saldu who had come to their village?
(a) The saldu had threatened Ishi's mother.
(b) The saldu had shot a hole through the men's house.
(c) The saldu had killed and scalped a man from a neighboring village.
(d) The saldu had stolen food from the village.

Short Answer Questions

1. What detail does Grandmother add to the end of Grandfather's story about Jikula and Ahalamila?

2. From what kind of tree does Ishi cut the branch for his bow?

3. What does Ishi decide to do with the hide of the deer that he kills?

4. What does Elder Uncle tell Ishi to seek when he leaves Tuliyani?

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

(see the answer key)

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