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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Cave Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Timawi insist that Tushi must go with him to his village?
(a) Timawi does not believe that Tushi will truly be a wife unless she leaves her family.
(b) Timawi is jealous of Ishi and wants Tushi to get away from him.
(c) Among his people, it is tradition for the woman to move to the man's village.
(d) Timawi does not feel welcome in Tuliyani and wants to return home.

3. What reason does Timawi give to explain why it is acceptable to steal saldu food?
(a) The saldu have so much that they will never notice the loss of a couple of lambs.
(b) The saldu do not live according to the Way, so their possessions do not belong to them.
(c) The saldu have taken Yahi lives and land, so they owe the Yahi at least a little food.
(d) The saldu hunt Yahi food, so they might as well eat saldu food.

4. What do the women do while the men hunt for deer?
(a) They plant seeds for their garden.
(b) They clean the house.
(c) They dig for roots.
(d) They weave rugs and baskets.

5. By the time that Ishi and Tushi see the saldu at the marsh, how long have the Yahi been in hiding?
(a) Six turnings of the moon (six months).
(b) Fourteen years.
(c) Nine moon cycles (nine months).
(d) Seven turnings of the moon (or seven years).

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is responsible for moving the village to Wounupo?

2. Why does Ishi release the rabbit that he catches while he is out collecting lichen?

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

4. How long is Ishi away looking for a new location for the village?

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

(see the answer key)

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