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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What suggests to Ishi that the mother bear he sees is the same one that fought him for the cave?
(a) She has the same color fur.
(b) He recognizes her markings.
(c) She looks at him with a little bit of fear.
(d) He thinks that he sees a scar on her lips.

3. What does Ishi smell when he finally wakes up and stands at the mouth of the cave?
(a) New clover.
(b) Saldu sheepdogs.
(c) Spring rain.
(d) Fresh juniper.

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

5. Why is Ishi amazed when the Stranger tells him that they will travel by train?
(a) Ishi had expected to walk.
(b) He is surprised that the saldu would allow him on the train.
(c) He is surprised that the train pulls a wagon.
(d) He did not realize that they would be going that far.

6. 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?
(a) Ten days.
(b) Two days.
(c) Five days.
(d) One week.

7. In "To the Edge of the World, Section 11," what does Ishi understand now about the saldu?
(a) He cannot completely trust any of the saldu.
(b) He will never truly understand the saldu.
(c) He lives with the saldu, but will never truly belong there.
(d) There are many kinds of saldu, some kind and some cruel.

8. Where do Ishi and Mother move after Tushi and Elder Uncle disappear?
(a) To Ishi's fishing shelter.
(b) Back to Tuliyani.
(c) To Three Knolls.
(d) To Acorn Hollow.

9. How much time has passed since Ishi's arrival in the City by "To the Edge of the World, Section 5?"
(a) About six months.
(b) Just over a year.
(c) Almost two weeks.
(d) Almost two months.

10. What is Ishi's visitor talking about when they are having tea?
(a) He is telling him about the city.
(b) He is describing an archaeoligical discovery.
(c) He is talking about the war across the ocean.
(d) He is talking about fishing in the Outer Ocean.

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

12. Why does Majapa agree to start their journey in Gahma?
(a) That is where Ishi was born, where his journey began.
(b) He is happy to go anywhere that Ishi wants to go.
(c) He has heard that it is a beautiful place.
(d) It is the closest village along their journey.

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

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

15. Why is Ishi concerned about Tushi and Elder Uncle when he gets to the creek?
(a) They are both very sick when he finds them.
(b) The rain has been heavy, so the creek is high and muddy.
(c) He hopes they are not angry with him for not being prepared.
(d) The saldu now know the trail that they had taken.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Majapa show to Ishi after breakfast?

2. How does Ishi die?

3. How does Ishi get rid of the brown bear that wants his cave?

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

5. What does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?

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