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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. Where do Ishi and Elder Uncle go to hunt?
(a) To Badger Creek.
(b) Mount Waganupo.
(c) Three Knolls.
(d) Back to Tuliyani.

2. What does Elder Uncle tell Ishi to seek when he leaves Tuliyani?
(a) Revenge for the death of his father.
(b) The old villages and caves from Grandfather's stories.
(c) Guidance from the gods to help him find a wife.
(d) A prayer-place so that he might dream a Power Dream.

3. From what kind of tree does Ishi cut the branch for his bow?
(a) A pine tree.
(b) A hawthorn tree.
(c) An aspen tree.
(d) A juniper tree.

4. What does the saldu intend to do with Tushi?
(a) Run her over with his horse.
(b) Set her free.
(c) Lasso and kidnap her.
(d) Shoot her in the back.

5. How much time has passed at the beginning of The Cave section?
(a) Three years.
(b) Three days.
(c) Three weeks.
(d) Three months.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed since the Yahi have moved to Wowunupo?

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

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

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

5. How are the mountain fish that Timawi and Ishi catch different from the fish in the canyon?

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