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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 does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?
(a) Lookout Point.
(b) Black Rock.
(c) Waganupa.
(d) Wowunupo.

2. When does Majapa wish to visit the Yahi world?
(a) When the museum closes for the summer.
(b) When the salmon return in the spring.
(c) At the beginning of the Harvest.
(d) On the anniversary of Ishi's arrival in the saldu village.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Majapa and Maliwal leave Outer Ocean on the final day of their prayers, what does the moon look like?

2. Where do Ishi and Mother move after Tushi and Elder Uncle disappear?

3. What does Ishi ask to do before he puts on the saldu clothing?

4. Why does Ishi not disturb the icicles that have formed on the entrance to the cave?

5. Why does Ishi carefully untie the string rather than cut them?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ishi overcome his concern about bringing Majapa and Maliwal into the Yahi world?

2. How have Ishi and Mother's lives changed since the disappearance of Elder Uncle and Tushi?

3. How does Ishi discover a way of preserving the Yahi world?

4. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

5. How might Ishi's actions following Mother's death be described as a type of symbolic death?

6. How do Ishi's friends show respect for him after his death?

7. What is Ishi's first impression of the saldu village?

8. Why does the "friend" return Ishi's quiver and knife to him?

9. Why does the return of his quiver and knife lead Ishi to suggest the trip to the Yahi world?

10. How is the Stranger who visits Ishi different from the other saldu he has met?

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