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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time has passed since the Yahi have moved to Wowunupo?
(a) Almost five years.
(b) Twenty-five years.
(c) Over twelve years.
(d) Over twenty years.

2. How does Ishi attempt to hide Mother from the saldu who enter the village?
(a) He hides her in a bush just outside the village.
(b) He takes her with him up into the boughs of the pine tree.
(c) He covers her with a cape and blanket.
(d) He moves her into the darkness at the very back of the cave.

3. What prediction does Mother make about the New Year?
(a) She says that all of the saldu will have left by the New Year.
(b) She says that it will be the most prosperous New Year they have ever seen.
(c) She says that she will walk into the New Year on her own feet.
(d) She says that she will not make it to see the New Year.

4. According to the Yahi creation story, how did creation begin?
(a) The Great gods dragged the uncreated world up from the bottom of the Outer Ocean.
(b) The earth fell from the heavens, fully formed.
(c) The Great gods simply called the earth forth to assemble it into landforms and waterways.
(d) The Great gods cracked open an egg, and the parts settled to become different parts of the earth.

5. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?
(a) He gets to stay in the men's house.
(b) He gets to shoot the first deer of the New Year.
(c) He gets a new quiver of arrows.
(d) He is served the first bowl of salmon at dinner.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Tushi spread black raspberries and manzanita berries onto mats?

2. What reason does Timawi give to explain why it is acceptable to steal saldu food?

3. Why does Timawi carry the elk antlers on his head?

4. Why does Ishi not tell Elder Uncle or Mother about his visits to Black Rock?

5. How do Ishi and Timawi lose the sheep that they steal?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Grandfather say to Elder Uncle in order to reassure him after Timawi and Ishi leave?

2. How has the relationship between Ishi and Tushi changed since they first came to Wowunupo?

3. How is Ishi's bow important for his development into manhood?

4. Where does Ishi decide to go on his journey?

5. What does Ishi discover when he returns to the village after he moves Mother?

6. How do Ishi and Tushi ensure that their presence remains hidden from the saldu?

7. How is the Yahi creation story similar to the Judeo-Christian creation story (the creation story of the white man)?

8. What does Tushi's dream seem to foretell, and how does Ishi respond to her dream?

9. What reservations does Grandfather have about moving the tribe to the mountain?

10. How do Elder Uncle and Grandfather begin to prepare Ishi for manhood in Section 5 of "The Moon Seasons?"

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