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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 much time has passed since the Yahi have moved to Wowunupo?
(a) Twenty-five years.
(b) Over twenty years.
(c) Over twelve years.
(d) Almost five years.

2. How soon does Elder Uncle suggest that they move to the cave?
(a) Before the fall of the first snow.
(b) After the frogs stop singing.
(c) Before the end of the next Harvest Moons.
(d) After the warm weather returns in the spring.

3. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?
(a) The dead horse and rider.
(b) The dead horse, but no rider.
(c) Empty boxes and equipment, but no horse or rider.
(d) The injured horse and a dead rider.

4. Why do Elder Uncle and Ishi shoot the young buck rather than the old leader of the elk herd?
(a) Elder Uncle observes that the herd would be lost without the old buck.
(b) Ishi and Elder Uncle are not skilled enough to kill the old elk.
(c) The young buck is closer to them and easier to take.
(d) Elder Uncle suggests that the old buck would give tough meat.

5. From Tuliyani, which direction is the Trail to the Land of the Dead?
(a) To the south.
(b) To the east.
(c) To the west.
(d) To the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advice does Ishi give Timawi after Timawi suggests that they can force the saldu out of the Bushki village?

2. What does Tushi suggest the gray pine actually is?

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

4. How does Ishi think his mother feels when he sees that she is wearing her sweetgrass bracelet?

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

(see the answer key)

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