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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ishi's job in the spring?
(a) To clean the feather and fur wraps.
(b) To wash the baskets.
(c) To grind salmon bones into flour.
(d) To catch salmon.

2. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?
(a) Ishi is barefoot and shirtless.
(b) Ishi's head is covered with a deer pelt.
(c) His hair is burned off close to his head and black stripes are painted on his face.
(d) He is wearing the traditional necklace of mourning.

3. What purpose is served by the pinecones that come from the gray pine?
(a) They use the pine resin to repair the roof of the shelter.
(b) They use them to trap squirrels.
(c) The pinecones serve no practical purpose.
(d) They eat the pine nuts and use the cones as fuel for the fire.

4. How do Ishi and Timawi know that they are near a herd of deer?
(a) They can hear the deer calls.
(b) They can see the deer through the trees.
(c) They see the deer tracks.
(d) They can smell the deer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Ishi when he sees the saldu stop at Black Rock?

2. Why does Ishi not disturb the icicles that have formed on the entrance to the cave?

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

4. Why does Ishi wander away when he is supposed to be watching over Tushi?

5. How soon does Elder Uncle suggest that they move to the cave?

(see the answer key)

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