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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How long is the bundle that the expressman delivers to the museum?
(a) As long as Ishi's leg.
(b) As long as the museum table.
(c) The length of Ishi's arm to the tips of his fingers.
(d) The length of Ishi's entire body.

2. Who is the first saldu to speak to Ishi?
(a) The Sheriff.
(b) The slaughterhouse foreman.
(c) The Stranger brought by the Sheriff.
(d) One of the men holding back the dogs.

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

4. What does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?
(a) A Yahi flute.
(b) A Yahi basket.
(c) A Yahi arrowhead.
(d) A Yahi harpoon.

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

6. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?
(a) They wanted to find and help Ishi and his mother.
(b) They wanted to learn more about the geography of the area.
(c) They were hunting for elk.
(d) They were looking for more artifacts for the museum.

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

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

9. Why does Ishi at first refuse the food and drink that the Sheriff offers him?
(a) He thinks it might be poisoned and too many people are staring at him.
(b) The food does not look appetizing.
(c) He is still in mourning, so he is fasting.
(d) He is too afraid to be hungry.

10. How does the crowd of saldu react to Ishi when he tries to speak to them?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They retreat in fear.
(c) They yell angrily.
(d) They spit at him.

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

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

13. 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 is excited about the opportunity to explore.
(c) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(d) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.

14. For how many days do Majapa and Maliwal go to Outer Ocean to offer prayers and sacrifices for Ishi's spirit?
(a) Seven.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Ten.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?

2. How does Ishi die?

3. What ritual does Ishi share with Majapa and Maliwal when they first arrive in Gahma?

4. Where does Ishi go when needs to get away from the museum after his discussion with Majapa about the war?

5. Why is Ishi amazed when the Stranger tells him that they will travel by train?

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