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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the marks on Ishi's harpoon represent?
(a) The number of kills he has made with the harpoon.
(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 years that the Yahi have lived at Wowunupo.

3. How does Timawi respond to Elder Uncle's suggestion that he teach Ishi about what he had done wrong?
(a) Timawi is refuses to help with the search or to teach Ishi.
(b) Timawi is ashamed and refuses "to teach or to boast."
(c) Timawi takes the request seriously and promises to be a good teacher.
(d) Timawi is flattered by Elder Uncle's request and agrees.

4. 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) Trash from their camp.
(c) A bow and a quiver of arrows.
(d) Some baskets with food.

5. Why do Ishi and his family smile when they hear the rush and roar of the wind coming down the canyon?
(a) They know that the winds will drive the animals down into the canyon.
(b) They know that the winds mean that spring has arrived.
(c) They know that they winds are the spirits of Yahi ancestors.
(d) They know that the winds will destroy the saldu settlement.

6. Why do the Yahi no longer spend the summer on the mountain?
(a) Elder Uncle is afraid that they will be discovered by the saldu.
(b) The family has grown attached to Tuliyani and do not want to move.
(c) The gods have sent signs that the Yahi should not move from their village.
(d) The summers are no longer as hot, so the move is unnecessary.

7. Why does Mother allow Tushi to go with Ishi to the beaver den?
(a) Tushi has begged to go, and Mother is tired of arguing with her.
(b) Since Timawi is ill, Ishi will need someone else to help him.
(c) Since Ishi would not be hunting, Tushi could accompany him.
(d) Tushi has shown herself to be as successful a hunter as Ishi.

8. According to Elder Uncle, why is a bow better than a trap?
(a) "The hunter controls the arrow; the prey controls the trap."
(b) "The gods bless a well-made bow."
(c) "The arrow kills; a trap may cause only fear and pain."
(d) "The bow is a man's weapon; the trap is a woman's."

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

10. Who is responsible for moving the village to Wounupo?
(a) Ishi and Tushi.
(b) They all carry something.
(c) Ishi, Elder Uncle, and Tushi.
(d) Ishi and Elder Uncle.

11. Where does Tushi say she will keep the sweetgrass bracelet that Timawi made for her?
(a) In the woman's shelter.
(b) With her treasures.
(c) She will wear it.
(d) In Mother's treasure bundle.

12. How are the mountain fish that Timawi and Ishi catch different from the fish in the canyon?
(a) The mountain fish are poisonous.
(b) The mountain fish are larger than and not as flavorful as the canyon fish.
(c) The mountain fish are smaller and richer than the canyon fish.
(d) The mountain fish move more slowly and are easier to catch.

13. What is the "tube-stick" that Tushi and Ishi see the saldu using?
(a) A cannon.
(b) A surveyor's tool.
(c) A rifle.
(d) A megaphone.

14. Why do Elder Uncle and Ishi shoot the young buck rather than the old leader of the elk herd?
(a) Elder Uncle observes that the herd would be lost without the old buck.
(b) Ishi and Elder Uncle are not skilled enough to kill the old elk.
(c) Elder Uncle suggests that the old buck would give tough meat.
(d) The young buck is closer to them and easier to take.

15. Why is Ishi concerned about Grandmother and Grandfather?
(a) They are forgetting the stories that they have told for years.
(b) They do not have much food to eat and are growing weak.
(c) They are too quiet and do not speak to the others anymore.
(d) They are getting older and will soon die.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Elder Uncle, Timawi, and Ishi find when they return to the beaver dam?

2. What does Tushi suggest the gray pine actually is?

3. How does Mother respond to the cave after she sees it?

4. Why is Ishi alarmed by the ditch that the saldu are digging?

5. After Ishi returns from his journey, what does he notice about Timawi?

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