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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mother pour the water out of the baskets every evening?
(a) Pouring the water out will prevent bugs from gathering near the shelter.
(b) Wild animals will be drawn to the water if it is left in the basket.
(c) A basket of water will tempt a spirit to stay close by.
(d) Water left overnight will be harmful to the body.

2. What does Ishi hear when he is swimming in Banya Creek?
(a) He hears the Monster.
(b) He hears the noise of a saldu camp.
(c) He hears Tushi's spirit calling him.
(d) He hears the howling of a wolf.

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

4. How does Ishi die?
(a) Back at Tuliyani with Majapa and Maliwal.
(b) In a hospital room surrounded by his friends.
(c) On the shores of Outer Ocean.
(d) Among his friends at the museum.

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

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

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

8. Once Ishi realizes that his loved ones are no longer wandering, where does he decide to go?
(a) To Ancestor Cave.
(b) Back to Wowunupo.
(c) To Three Knolls.
(d) To the Land of the Dead.

9. What does Ishi share with Majapa as they sit on the bank of Banya Creek?
(a) His pipe and tobacco.
(b) His story about his Dream.
(c) His deerskin blanket.
(d) His acorn mush.

10. For how long does Ishi sleep after he buries Mother?
(a) He sleeps until the Harvest.
(b) He sleeps for six months.
(c) He sleeps for a full week.
(d) He sleeps for the rest of the winter, until the New Year.

11. Whose Dream do Ishi and the others follow as they travel into the Yahi world?
(a) Tushi's Dream.
(b) Maliwal's Dream.
(c) Majapa's Dream.
(d) Ishi's Dream.

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

13. What does the doctor's son tell Ishi he would like to be when he grows up?
(a) A hunter.
(b) A museum curator.
(c) A doctor.
(d) An archaeologist.

14. What does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?
(a) Waganupa.
(b) Black Rock.
(c) Wowunupo.
(d) Lookout Point.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who will go on the trip to the Yahi world?

2. What do Majapa and Maliwal scatter over the waves as their sacrifice?

3. Where does Ishi go when the summer gets too hot?

4. According to Ishi, when should they go to visit the Yahi world?

5. What event of concern to Majapa may take him away from the museum?

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