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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What had disrupted Whinney's herd?
(a) The untimely death of the stallion.
(b) The weather.
(c) The shift in barometric pressure.
(d) All of these.

2. What did Jondalar notice in the back of the cave?
(a) That Ayla must have been there for years.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Cave lion spoor.

3. What was the first animal Baby killed?
(a) A hare.
(b) A grouse.
(c) A deer.
(d) A ptarmigan.

4. What did Jondalar tell himself regarding Ayla?
(a) She was foregoing Pleasures.
(b) She was a Zelandoni living alone to gain more understanding about herself.
(c) She had undertaken a vow of silence.
(d) All of these.

5. What couldn't Jondalar match?
(a) All of these.
(b) Ayla's strength.
(c) Ayla's comfort with the weapon.
(d) Ayla's accuracy.

6. What made Whinney nervous?
(a) The smell of the strange man in the cave.
(b) Ayla's attention elsewhere.
(c) None of these.
(d) The smell of blood within the cave.

7. What had the lionesses brought down?
(a) A young mammoth.
(b) An old mammoth.
(c) Six deer.
(d) A rhino in it's prime.

8. What surprised Jondalar regarding flatheads?
(a) They were compassionate.
(b) They used fire.
(c) All of these.
(d) They could communicate.

9. What did Ayla perceive as the greatest of the Cave Lion's gifts?
(a) Jondalar.
(b) Her way with animals.
(c) Her ability to learn new things.
(d) Her ability to hunt.

10. What does Jondalar promise Ayla?
(a) That he won't bother her again.
(b) That he won't go after her again.
(c) That he will leave her alone.
(d) That he won't touch her again.

11. What caused the cave lion to back into Ayla's lap?
(a) The appearance of the huge horse.
(b) The loud sound of Whinney's hooves.
(c) The nicker of the horse.
(d) The cub didn't back into Ayla's lap.

12. On what did survival depend?
(a) Equipment.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Faith.
(d) All of these.

13. How many eggs were in the ptarmigan nest?
(a) Eight.
(b) Six.
(c) Seven.
(d) Five.

14. What did the hyena smell like?
(a) The carrion he'd last fed upon.
(b) Like stale urine.
(c) Like wet dog.
(d) The dung he had last rolled in.

15. What does Ayla ask Jondalar if he would like to try?
(a) Using her sling.
(b) Using her spear.
(c) Riding Whinney.
(d) Training the colt.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point do older women choose younger men?

2. How did she distinguish plants?

3. What was the texture of Jondalar's face?

4. What side of the Mother is Jondalar supposed to keep to?

5. What hadn't Ayla done?

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