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

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

3. 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 months.
(c) Four weeks.
(d) Four years.

4. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?
(a) They wanted to find and help Ishi and his mother.
(b) They were looking for more artifacts for the museum.
(c) They wanted to learn more about the geography of the area.
(d) They were hunting for elk.

5. How long do Ishi and his friends stay in the Yahi world?
(a) Over four months.
(b) Almost two months.
(c) About six months.
(d) Almost two weeks.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Ishi go when he feels homesick?

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

4. What object, delivered to the museum by the express wagon, intrigues Ishi?

5. What are the "bird tracks" that Ishi sees the Stranger checking?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ishi affected by seeing the baskets that Tushi had made?

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

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

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

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

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

7. How do Mother and Ishi support each other after they are separated from Elder Uncle and Tushi?

8. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

9. What evidence in Section 4 of "The Ending People" reveals Mother's emotional strength?

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

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