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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What made Ayla grateful for the height of her cave?
(a) The spring floods.
(b) The nearness of the cave lions.
(c) The summer fires.
(d) All of these.

2. What must Thonolan do before he can mate Jetamio?
(a) Propose to her.
(b) Finish the boat he started on.
(c) All of these.
(d) Win her heart through a feat of strength.

3. What festival was held when the moon was new in the Clan?
(a) A Harvest Festival.
(b) The Cave Bear Festival.
(c) The Cave Lion Festival.
(d) A Clan Gathering Festival.

4. What was Ayla's hide tent made of?
(a) Aurochs.
(b) Bear skin.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Giant Deer.

5. What was the burly man carrying on his back?
(a) A large bale of hay.
(b) A wizened old woman.
(c) The horse haunches.
(d) Mammoth tusks.

6. Why wouldn't Jetamio be happy with the Zelandonii?
(a) She wouldn't be able to contribute.
(b) She wouldn't fit in.
(c) Too many other men would vie for her attention.
(d) Her home means a lot to her.

7. Who had been the Clan's master toolmaker?
(a) Creb.
(b) Brun.
(c) Iza.
(d) Droog.

8. What does Jondalar wish the healer would let him do?
(a) Help his brother.
(b) Help the healer.
(c) Ask the zelandoni how they had known to come.
(d) Stay with his brother.

9. What animal's tails adorned Jondalar and Thonolan's parkas?
(a) Fox.
(b) Ermine.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Horse.

10. What sign(s) did Ayla find from her totem?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) A clear quartz crystal.
(d) A bone with cave lion teeth marks.

11. What was the little foal more afraid of?
(a) Being alone.
(b) Leaving its dam.
(c) Ayla.
(d) The hyenas.

12. What was the problem with fording the channels?
(a) She had a fear of water.
(b) All of these.
(c) She was not a strong swimmer.
(d) Her possessions.

13. What had happened between Thonolan and Jetamio?
(a) They had formed a special bond.
(b) They had formed a close friendship.
(c) They had fallen in love.
(d) All of these.

14. How many flatheads surrounded Jondalar and Thonolan?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

15. What did Ayla decide she would gather that day?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Grain.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What advantage did Ayla have over other Clan women?

2. What had caused Ayla to forget the intense cold of the steppes?

3. What had become a foregone luxury?

4. What did Jondalar give Noria?

5. What kind of tree isn't mentioned for lance making?

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