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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ending People Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elder Uncle purify Ishi of any danger that might have followed him from the spirit world?
(a) He burns sage and prays over him.
(b) He tells him to go to Black Rock and talk to Timawi's spirit.
(c) He blows sacred tobacco over him and says prayers.
(d) He orders him to take a sweat bath.

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

3. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?
(a) He was able to shoot the saldu without harming Tushi.
(b) He was shooting uphill at a moving target.
(c) He was able to shoot him from behind without being seen.
(d) He was shooting from behind a dense thicket of brush.

4. Ishi learns to stay awake for how many nights?
(a) Three nights.
(b) Five nights.
(c) Six nights.
(d) Seven nights.

5. Where does Tushi say she will keep the sweetgrass bracelet that Timawi made for her?
(a) With her treasures.
(b) In Mother's treasure bundle.
(c) She will wear it.
(d) In the woman's shelter.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Timawi respond to Elder Uncle's suggestion that he teach Ishi about what he had done wrong?

2. How much time has passed at the beginning of The Cave section?

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

4. What is the purpose of the sticks that Ishi makes for Elder Uncle?

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

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