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

2. How does Ishi think his mother feels when he sees that she is wearing her sweetgrass bracelet?
(a) Ishi thinks that his mother feels lonely.
(b) Ishi thinks his mother is happy.
(c) Ishi thinks his mother feels sad.
(d) Ishi thinks his mother is angry.

3. How does Timawi respond to Elder Uncle's suggestion that he teach Ishi about what he had done wrong?
(a) Timawi is flattered by Elder Uncle's request and agrees.
(b) Timawi is refuses to help with the search or to teach Ishi.
(c) Timawi is ashamed and refuses "to teach or to boast."
(d) Timawi takes the request seriously and promises to be a good teacher.

4. Why does Tushi spread black raspberries and manzanita berries onto mats?
(a) It is an offering for the Spirits.
(b) She is feeding the forest animals.
(c) She is drying them.
(d) She is inspecting them before she brings them home.

5. What does the next group of saldu leave in the cave when they return to look for Mother?
(a) A bow and a quiver of arrows.
(b) A pocketknife and a sack of tobacco.
(c) Trash from their camp.
(d) Some baskets with food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Ishi and Timawi choose not to chop the branch off the tree?

2. What advice does Elder Uncle give Ishi and Timawi regarding the saldu?

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

4. After Ishi returns from his journey, what does he notice about Timawi?

5. After the deaths of Grandfather and Grandmother, what name does Ishi use to refer to himself and the remaining Yahi?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What assurance does Ishi give to Timawi when Timawi observes that Tushi prefers Ishi's company?

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

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

6. How is Ishi's relationship with Timawi similar to his relationship with Tushi?

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

8. Why does Ishi get the privilege of shooting the first deer of the season?

9. What makes Ishi's hunting trip with Elder Uncle so memorable?

10. Why do Ishi and Tushi plan a Harvest Feast?

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