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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ishi do after Majapa and Maliwal are asleep?
(a) He takes a sweat bath and bathes in the river.
(b) He goes to Ancestor Cave to pray and make a sacrifice.
(c) He goes into the woods to hunt for deer.
(d) He watches them and prays over them.

2. For how long does Ishi continue to live in the museum?
(a) Only four more changings of the moon.
(b) About a year.
(c) For twenty more years.
(d) For many moons.

3. According to Ishi, who should take the first salmon when they fish?
(a) Majapa.
(b) The Spirits of the Old Ones.
(c) Maliwal.
(d) Ishi himself.

4. What does Ishi teach Maliwal in "To The Edge of the World, Section 7?"
(a) To make bow, arrows, and quiver and shoot the weapon.
(b) How to speak the Yahi language.
(c) How to catch fish using only his hands.
(d) How to walk quietly and cover his tracks.

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

6. What items are buried with Ishi?
(a) His pipe and tobacco, a handful of acorn meal, and his rock-glass knife.
(b) His best bow and five arrows, a basket of acorn meal, and his treasure bundle.
(c) His treasure bundle, a bag of tobacco, and a basket of acorns.
(d) Tushi's baskets, a handful of tobacco, and seven arrowheads.

7. Who will go on the trip to the Yahi world?
(a) Ishi, Majapa, Maliwal, and the Kuwi.
(b) Ishi and Majapa.
(c) Ishi, Majapa, and Maliwal.
(d) Ishi, Majapa, Maliwal, and another museum man.

8. What does the girl in the arroyo never do that Ishi finds unique?
(a) She never asks his name or where he lives.
(b) She never seems to fear anything.
(c) She never speaks.
(d) She never wears shoes.

9. When does Majapa wish to visit the Yahi world?
(a) When the salmon return in the spring.
(b) On the anniversary of Ishi's arrival in the saldu village.
(c) At the beginning of the Harvest.
(d) When the museum closes for the summer.

10. Where does Ishi go when needs to get away from the museum after his discussion with Majapa about the war?
(a) To Golden Gate.
(b) To the park.
(c) To his room.
(d) To Outer Ocean.

11. in "To the Edge of the World, Section 6," how much time has passed since Ishi's arrival at the museum?
(a) Four years.
(b) Four months.
(c) Two years.
(d) Four weeks.

12. How does Ishi decide he will preserve the Yahi Way?
(a) He will tell stories and describe the Way so that Majapa can write it down.
(b) He will marry and raise a child who will carry on the Yahi tradition.
(c) He will return to the Yahi world and live as he used to.
(d) He will teach children who visit the museum about the Yahi Way.

13. Why does Ishi give the enclosed note to Majapa?
(a) Ishi does not know how to read, so he asks Majapa to read the note.
(b) Majapa asks Ishi if he can read the note.
(c) Ishi is overwhelmed by the package and does not want to read the note.
(d) Ishi does not realize that the note is for him.

14. Where does Majapa want Ishi to take him?
(a) Lookout Point.
(b) The Outer Ocean.
(c) Ancestor Cave.
(d) Yuna Canyon and Tuliyani.

15. How long do Ishi and his friends stay in the Yahi world?
(a) Almost two months.
(b) Almost two weeks.
(c) Over four months.
(d) About six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. One day, Mother tells Ishi that he looks like a hunter again and that she no longer fears for him. How soon after this does she pass away?

2. Why does Ishi go back to Mother instead of following the river to Daha in search of Tushi and Elder Uncle?

3. Why does Ishi at first refuse the food and drink that the Sheriff offers him?

4. What object, delivered to the museum by the express wagon, intrigues Ishi?

5. How does the group travel from the saldu village to the Yahi world?

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