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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. What service does Ishi offer to the museum?
(a) He offers to guide the visitors through the exhibits.
(b) He offers to make a variety of Yahi objects for the museum's displays.
(c) He offers to tell his story to the museum visitors.
(d) He offers to keep the rooms clean and to polish the artifacts.

2. What do the marks on Ishi's harpoon represent?
(a) The number of years that the Yahi have lived at Wowunupo.
(b) The number of saldu he has seen in the area.
(c) The number of times he has experienced his Power Dream.
(d) The number of kills he has made with the harpoon.

3. Why does Ishi go back to Mother instead of following the river to Daha in search of Tushi and Elder Uncle?
(a) Ishi has given up ever finding Tushi and Elder Uncle.
(b) He needs Mother's help in finding Tushi and Elder Uncle.
(c) Ishi is hungry and needs to eat.
(d) The sun will be setting soon, and Mother is alone.

4. According to the Yahi creation story, from what were the first humans created?
(a) From stones tossed over the shoulder of a god.
(b) From buckeye sticks and smoke blown from a stone pipe.
(c) From the parts of an egg.
(d) From the clay of the earth.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ishi and his family smile when they hear the rush and roar of the wind coming down the canyon?

2. How long is Ishi away looking for a new location for the village?

3. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?

4. What kind of place does Ishi find for the location of the new village?

5. What reason does Timawi give to explain why it is acceptable to steal saldu food?

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