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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?
(a) To Lookout Point.
(b) To all of the places that he and Tushi went to when they were children.
(c) To Tuliyani.
(d) To Ancestor Cave.

2. What does Ishi search for in the river?
(a) The items that were stolen from the cave.
(b) Elder Uncle's walking sticks.
(c) The bodies of Tushi and Elder Uncle.
(d) Tushi's necklace.

3. What are the "bird tracks" that Ishi sees the Stranger checking?
(a) Words written on paper.
(b) A map of the Yahi lands.
(c) A Native American painting.
(d) A diagram of the Yahi creation story.

4. Where does Ishi go when he feels homesick?
(a) To his workroom.
(b) To Outer Ocean.
(c) To Golden Gate.
(d) To Sutro Forest.

5. When is a Yahi allowed to kill and eat Porcupine?
(a) Only if a Yahi is starving and has lost his bow and arrows and harpoon.
(b) Only if the Porcupine is threatening a Yahi.
(c) Only when Porcupine is in the Yahi village.
(d) Only when the Yahi is in mourning.

6. According to Majapa, what makes the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?
(a) The Greek people were hunters and gatherers.
(b) The Greek people lived in small villages that kept to themselves.
(c) The Greek world was destroyed by invading strangers.
(d) The Greek world was flat and surrounded by an Outer Ocean.

7. What does Ishi find when he makes it to the fishing shelter?
(a) Litter from a saldu camp is strewn around the area.
(b) Tushi and Elder Uncle are waiting for him.
(c) Everything is the same; Tushi and Elder Uncle have not been there.
(d) No one is there, but Tushi has left him a message.

8. Of whom does the little girl in the arroyo remind Ishi?
(a) Tushi.
(b) Himself.
(c) Mother.
(d) Grandmother.

9. What does Majapa show to Ishi after breakfast?
(a) The different rooms in the museum and their uses.
(b) The Outer Ocean.
(c) The museum's collection of bows and arrows.
(d) A collection of books on ancient cultures.

10. What wakes Ishi in the morning in "To the Edge of the World, Section 2?"
(a) The voice of the Monster (the train).
(b) The voices of two men fighting in the street.
(c) The Sheriff opening the door.
(d) The barking of saldu dogs.

11. What event of concern to Majapa may take him away from the museum?
(a) The Cold War.
(b) World War I.
(c) The Vietnam War.
(d) The Civil War.

12. What museum items does Majapa take Ishi to see on his second day in the city?
(a) Arrows.
(b) Watgurwas.
(c) Pottery.
(d) Baskets.

13. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?
(a) The voices of the Lost Ones.
(b) Kaltsuna and Jupka.
(c) His own strong will to live.
(d) The Spirit of Waganupa.

14. According to Ishi, what ruins the oatmeal at breakfast?
(a) The lumps.
(b) The raisins that were mixed in.
(c) It has too much salt.
(d) The cow's milk.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Ishi looking for when he wanders into the saldu village?

3. According to Ishi, what problem arises from wearing shoes?

4. How does Ishi die?

5. To whom does Ishi compare himself and Majapa?

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