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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. What disturbing news does Ishi decide to keep from Timawi regarding Timawi's old village?
(a) The village is a barren wasteland; all the buildings are gone.
(b) A wildfire has destroyed everything in the old village.
(c) The village has become overgrown with bushes and vines.
(d) A saldu cabin has been built in the middle of the old village.

2. To whom do the adults compare Ishi now that he has grown?
(a) Grandfather.
(b) Younger Brother, Ishi's father.
(c) Older Brother, Elder Uncle.
(d) Timawi.

3. Why does Ishi wander away when he is supposed to be watching over Tushi?
(a) He is tracking and calling a quail.
(b) He is trying to catch a butterfly for her.
(c) He prefers to watch out for her from a distance.
(d) He is gathering acorns and loses track of his location.

4. What kind of place does Ishi find for the location of the new village?
(a) An abandoned saldu cabin.
(b) An abandoned grizzly bear den.
(c) A beach area along the riverside.
(d) A well-hidden clearing in the forest.

5. What advice does Ishi give Timawi after Timawi suggests that they can force the saldu out of the Bushki village?
(a) He suggests that they sleep on it and discuss the issue tomorrow.
(b) He says nothing, but hopes that Timawi will forget about the idea.
(c) He suggests that they plan a late night attack on the saldu cabin.
(d) He suggests that Timawi is thinking with his heart and not his brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What purpose is served by the pinecones that come from the gray pine?

2. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?

3. Why does Timawi carry the elk antlers on his head?

4. What advice does Elder Uncle give Ishi and Timawi regarding the saldu?

5. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?

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