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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. in "To the Edge of the World, Section 6," how much time has passed since Ishi's arrival at the museum?
(a) Two years.
(b) Four years.
(c) Four months.
(d) Four weeks.

2. For what is Ishi looking when he goes to the mountain?
(a) The spirits of Tushi, Mother, and Elder Uncle.
(b) A house of flint in which to live.
(c) The saldu village.
(d) The Outer Ocean.

3. How long is the bundle that the expressman delivers to the museum?
(a) The length of Ishi's arm to the tips of his fingers.
(b) As long as Ishi's leg.
(c) The length of Ishi's entire body.
(d) As long as the museum table.

4. Who will go on the trip to the Yahi world?
(a) Ishi, Majapa, Maliwal, and the Kuwi.
(b) Ishi, Majapa, Maliwal, and another museum man.
(c) Ishi, Majapa, and Maliwal.
(d) Ishi and Majapa.

5. Whose Dream do Ishi and the others follow as they travel into the Yahi world?
(a) Maliwal's Dream.
(b) Majapa's Dream.
(c) Ishi's Dream.
(d) Tushi's Dream.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Ishi compare himself and Majapa?

2. According to Majapa, what keeps the Yahi world alive?

3. What museum items does Majapa take Ishi to see on his second day in the city?

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

5. One day, Mother tells Ishi that he looks like a hunter again and that she no longer fears for him. How soon after this does she pass away?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to Majapa, How was the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

2. What does Ishi value about his relationship with the girl that he meets in the arroyo?

3. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

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

5. Why is it important for Ishi to teach Maliwal?

6. What are Ishi's initial reactions to the City?

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

8. How are the men at the museum different from other saldu that Ishi has observed?

9. Why does Ishi decide to go to the museum with the Stranger?

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

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