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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. When is a Yahi allowed to kill and eat Porcupine?
(a) Only if the Porcupine is threatening a Yahi.
(b) Only when the Yahi is in mourning.
(c) Only if a Yahi is starving and has lost his bow and arrows and harpoon.
(d) Only when Porcupine is in the Yahi village.

2. What does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?
(a) A Yahi basket.
(b) A Yahi flute.
(c) A Yahi arrowhead.
(d) A Yahi harpoon.

3. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?
(a) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.
(b) Ishi is excited about the opportunity to explore.
(c) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(d) Ishi says the Yahi world no longer exists.

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

5. What kinds of trees grow in the forest behind the museum?
(a) Redwood.
(b) Aspen.
(c) Eucalyptus.
(d) Hawthorne.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ishi concerned about Tushi and Elder Uncle when he gets to the creek?

2. How does the crowd of saldu react to Ishi when he tries to speak to them?

3. What does the girl in the arroyo never do that Ishi finds unique?

4. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?

5. What does Majapa show to Ishi after breakfast?

Short Essay Questions

1. What details lead Ishi to believe that Elder Uncle and Tushi have not survived the escape?

2. How does Majapa's Dream compare to Ishi's Dream?

3. Why does Ishi choose to return to the museum rather than stay in the Yahi world?

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

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

6. Which of Ishi's City experiences connect him with Tushi?

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

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

9. What does Ishi now believe about the saldu?

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

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