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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What worries Ishi when he sees the saldu stop at Black Rock?

2. How much time has passed since the Yahi have moved to Wowunupo?

3. What is Ishi's reward for constructing a superb bow?

4. What does Ishi decide to do with the hide of the deer that he kills?

5. How does Elder Uncle respond to the news that Tushi and Ishi bring to him from the outside world?

Short Essay Questions

1. How is Ishi's bow important for his development into manhood?

2. Why do Ishi and Tushi plan a Harvest Feast?

3. What assurance does Ishi give to Timawi when Timawi observes that Tushi prefers Ishi's company?

4. How does Tushi's contribution to the move conflict with the traditional expectations that the Yahi have for women?

5. What details about the Harvest Feast suggest that Ishi and his family are the last of their tribe?

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

7. Why does Ishi choose not to kill the snow rabbit?

8. What assurance does Grandmother offer to Mother and Tushi after she realizes they have been crying over her approaching death?

9. According to Elder Uncle, why should the Yahi people not mourn for Timawi?

10. How do the stories that the Yahi tell about Timawi evolve following his death?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Ishi tells Majapa that the Yahi world is dead, Majapa replies, "I think it is not dead. You remember it, and I remember it." Remembering is an important theme in the novel, the memory of experiences, of places, and most importantly of people. Explain how "remembering" teaches and consoles the characters in the novel. Be sure to use specific examples as support.

Essay Topic 2

How are Ishi and his family about to avoid the saldu for so long? Analyze the measures that the tribe takes in order to hide their existence from the saldu all around them. How do these efforts protect them? What causes these efforts to fail? In the end, was hiding their best option, or should they have taken another approach? Support you opinions with specific evidence from the text.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast Ishi's understanding of war with the description of war that Majapa provides him. Why does he have a difficult time with the concept of war as Majapa describes it? What details trouble him? Why? Be sure to use specific examples and quotations to support your description.

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