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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 purpose is served by the pinecones that come from the gray pine?
(a) They eat the pine nuts and use the cones as fuel for the fire.
(b) The pinecones serve no practical purpose.
(c) They use the pine resin to repair the roof of the shelter.
(d) They use them to trap squirrels.

2. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?
(a) Ishi's head is covered with a deer pelt.
(b) He is wearing the traditional necklace of mourning.
(c) His hair is burned off close to his head and black stripes are painted on his face.
(d) Ishi is barefoot and shirtless.

3. Ishi learns to stay awake for how many nights?
(a) Five nights.
(b) Three nights.
(c) Six nights.
(d) Seven nights.

4. What makes Ishi's new look out point better than Black Rock?
(a) It is farther from the village and gives him more privacy.
(b) It is closer to the village and closer to the Monster.
(c) He can see the Monster much more clearly than he could at Black Rock.
(d) He can see the entire village from the lookout point.

5. Why do Elder Uncle and Ishi spend time observing the elk?
(a) They are in awe of its beauty and strength.
(b) They are trying to decide what kind of animal the elk is.
(c) They are trying to learn to imitate the elk call.
(d) They think the elk may be difficult to kill and are deciding how to hunt it.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. According to Elder Uncle's story, why did Ishi's father kill the saldu who had come to their village?

5. What advice does Ishi give Timawi after Timawi suggests that they can force the saldu out of the Bushki village?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. According to Timawi, how were the seven remaining members of the Yahi tribe able to survive?

4. Why does Elder Uncle agree to move into the abandoned bear den in spite of his reservations?

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

6. What observations do the older members of the tribe make about Ishi?

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

8. Why does Ishi go the Black Rock?

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

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

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