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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happens as David rushes toward the shelter in Section 12?
(a) The air fills with ravens.
(b) He trips and breaks his arm.
(c) His rescuers come out and put him in an ambulance.
(d) He is shot.

2. What curse does David put on Katsuk?
(a) David says he hopes that Katsuk is caught and thrown in jail.
(b) David says that he hopes the cedar god will kill Katsuk.
(c) David curses Katsuk with infertility.
(d) David curses Katsuk and his ravens to hell.

3. Why does Tskanay try to seduce David?
(a) She is very attracted to him.
(b) So he will no longer be innocent.
(c) So he won't die a virgin.
(d) She is trying to make Katsuk jealous.

4. What has Katsuk found to use as a knife?
(a) A sharp rock.
(b) An ax head.
(c) A piece of obsidian.
(d) A broken steak knife blade.

5. Where does the object David throws hit Katsuk?
(a) In the arm.
(b) In the back.
(c) In the face.
(d) It misses.

6. How does Katsuk kill the fish in Section 10?
(a) He spears it with his knife.
(b) He breaks its neck.
(c) He bites its throat.
(d) He roasts it alive.

7. How do the people of the tiny village feel about Katsuk?
(a) They hate him.
(b) They respect him.
(c) They love him.
(d) They fear him.

8. What upsets David as he continues his second escape?
(a) He can't remember what his mother looks like.
(b) He is torn between wanting to go home and wanting to make sure Katsuk is safe.
(c) That he feels tied to Katsuk.
(d) His foot hurts.

9. Why is David not worried about Katsuk killing him, despite Katsuk's volatile mood swings?
(a) Katsuk promised not to kill David unless David asked him to.
(b) David just doesn't care anymore.
(c) Katsuk is harmless.
(d) Katsuk wouldn't betray his family.

10. When David manages to survive the night, what does he wish?
(a) That his rescuers would show up.
(b) That he could produce smoke signals.
(c) That Katsuk could see him using the skills Katsuk taught him.
(d) That he was at home in his own bed.

11. What object does David throw at Katsuk in Section 11?
(a) A knife.
(b) A book.
(c) Glass.
(d) A rock.

12. What did Katsuk write a paper about when he was a college student?
(a) The plague of the white man.
(b) His sister's boyfriend.
(c) The lack of feeling in Western literature.
(d) The persecution of the historical Native American.

13. What do the locals admire about the Native Americans?
(a) Their ability to survive in the wilderness.
(b) Their spirituality.
(c) Their hunting prowess.
(d) Their long, flowing hair.

14. For what does David ask Tskanay in Section 8?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) His life.
(d) To kill him.

15. What is the name of David's teacher?
(a) Bob Kennedy.
(b) Harlow B. Watts.
(c) Tilman Barth.
(d) Howard Marshall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Katsuk think that he feels no pain in Section 11?

2. On what does Katsuk contemplate while David is questioning his own identity?

3. Who has replaced Tskanay as David's guard?

4. Katsuk tells a story about an animal that asked his ancestors to kill it. What animal is he discussing?

5. What sends David into a depression after it passes?

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