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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Elder Uncle respond to the news that Tushi and Ishi bring to him from the outside world?
(a) He listens politely but does not believe that it is important.
(b) He listens carefully and uses the information to protect his people.
(c) He ignores the news and does not want to hear what the saldu are doing.
(d) He refuses to hear anything that Ishi and Tushi have to tell him.

2. What does the next group of saldu leave in the cave when they return to look for Mother?
(a) A pocketknife and a sack of tobacco.
(b) A bow and a quiver of arrows.
(c) Some baskets with food.
(d) Trash from their camp.

3. What does Ishi ask to do before he puts on the saldu clothing?
(a) He wants to use the bathroom.
(b) He wants to make an offering to the Spirits.
(c) He wants to wash.
(d) He wants to eat.

4. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?
(a) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(b) Ishi says the Yahi world no longer exists.
(c) Ishi is excited about the opportunity to explore.
(d) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Majapa agree to start their journey in Gahma?

2. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?

3. How does Ishi decide he will preserve the Yahi Way?

4. Whose Dream do Ishi and the others follow as they travel into the Yahi world?

5. For what is Ishi looking when he goes to the mountain?

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