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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the waves leave for Ishi when he stands on the shore?
(a) A piece of sea glass.
(b) A heart-shaped rock.
(c) A broken arrowhead.
(d) A white shell.

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

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

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

5. What do Majapa and Maliwal scatter over the waves as their sacrifice?
(a) Sacred tobacco.
(b) Cornmeal.
(c) Barley meal.
(d) Acorn meal.

6. What is Ishi looking for when he wanders into the saldu village?
(a) His old fishing shelter.
(b) The Outer Ocean.
(c) The entrance to the cave at Wowunupo.
(d) The Trail to the Land of the Dead.

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

8. According to Ishi, what problem arises from wearing shoes?
(a) Wearing shoes confines the foot, but also the spirit of the person wearing them.
(b) All of the tracks look the same, so following a person is difficult.
(c) Shoes pinch a person's toes and make it too difficult to move quickly.
(d) A person cannot know where he walks when his feet do not touch earth.

9. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?
(a) It smells like dried acorns.
(b) It smells like Tushi's skin.
(c) It smells like the cave at Wowunupo.
(d) It smells like Banya Creek.

10. According to Majapa, what keeps the Yahi world alive?
(a) The artifacts left behind will tell the story.
(b) Both he and Ishi remember it.
(c) The memories of all of the people and events live in the very earth.
(d) The spirits of all of the Yahi who are buried there keep the world alive.

11. What does Ishi find in the mud along the banks of the river?
(a) Elder Uncle's bone earring.
(b) Tushi's white shell necklace.
(c) An old arrowhead.
(d) A saldu fire stick.

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

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

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

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long do Ishi and his friends stay in the Yahi world?

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

3. How does the crowd of saldu react to Ishi when he tries to speak to them?

4. What items are buried with Ishi?

5. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?

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