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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. Why is Ishi surprised by the saldu who see him while he is fishing?
(a) The saldu come up behind him out of the forest.
(b) The saldu moved quietly and Ishi did not smell them.
(c) Ishi had been sleeping on the rocks.
(d) Ishi recognizes them.

2. What advice does Elder Uncle give to the tribe after Timawi expresses his anger with Ishi for letting the saldu escape?
(a) Timawi is an outsider and has no right to express his opinion.
(b) They should not let their fear and anger turn them against one other.
(c) They should find a new place for hiding.
(d) Everyone makes mistakes, and they should forgive others.

3. What does Tushi ask Grandmother to do in order to make the time pass while Ishi and Timawi are gone?
(a) To play the stick game with her.
(b) To cook and dance with her in the evenings.
(c) To tell her tales of when Grandmother was young.
(d) To help her weave a treasure basket.

4. How soon does Elder Uncle suggest that they move to the cave?
(a) After the frogs stop singing.
(b) Before the fall of the first snow.
(c) Before the end of the next Harvest Moons.
(d) After the warm weather returns in the spring.

5. Why is Ishi alarmed by the ditch that the saldu are digging?
(a) The ditch is headed right toward Wowunupo.
(b) The noise is driving away all of the game that he hunts.
(c) The saldu are destroying valuable food resources.
(d) The saldu's excavation is polluting the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. From Tuliyani, which direction is the Trail to the Land of the Dead?

2. What does Elder Uncle tell Ishi to seek when he leaves Tuliyani?

3. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?

4. Why does Ishi shoot the hat off the saldu who is climbing up the trail?

5. What worries Ishi when he sees the saldu stop at Black Rock?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Elder Uncle say that they should no longer hunt on the mountain next to the village?

2. How does Ishi know what to do with Timawi's body after he finds him dead in the woods?

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

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

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

6. What details about the Harvest Feast suggest that Ishi and his family are the last of their tribe?

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

8. What does Tushi refuse to wear the sweetgrass bracelet that Timawi wants to give her?

9. How do the saldu treat Ishi's village when they discover it?

10. What assurance does Grandmother offer to Mother and Tushi after she realizes they have been crying over her approaching death?

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