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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Ayla feel when Jondalar relieved himself?
(a) Ashamed.
(b) Humiliated.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.

3. In what way did Jondalar surprise Ayla, and enjoy the surprise he had given her?
(a) He prepared a skin.
(b) He made her tea.
(c) All of these.
(d) He cooked for her.

4. Why was Zolena no more?
(a) She had died.
(b) She had become First Among Those Who Serve.
(c) She had left on a Journey and never come back.
(d) She had gone to another cave.

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

6. What were the sounds Ayla used made for?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Both of these.
(c) To change the meaning of the movement.
(d) To make emphasis on the movements.

7. What was the texture of Jondalar's face?
(a) Like the horse's tongue.
(b) Like sand.
(c) Like coarse wood.
(d) Like a lion's tongue.

8. Who had been killed in an earthquake?
(a) Ayla's mother.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Creb.

9. What did Ayla think when Jondalar removed his hand from her?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) That she was too ugly to relieve his needs with her.
(c) Both of these.
(d) That she was doing something wrong.

10. What gesture did Ayla give Thonolan's grave?
(a) "Be at peace."
(b) "May the Spirits guide you Home."
(c) "May you return to Her."
(d) "Walk with Ursus."

11. What was Ayla's first observation regarding the wild cave lion cubs?
(a) How much less playful they were.
(b) How little exercise they got in the wild.
(c) How much more energetic they were than Baby.
(d) How much smaller they were than Baby.

12. At what point in the year did Baby's absences become longer?
(a) During summer.
(b) Towards the end of summer.
(c) In spring.
(d) At the start of winter.

13. What, more than ever, made Jondalar suspect Ayla was a donii?
(a) When Ayla called birds to her hands.
(b) When Ayla midwifed Whinney.
(c) When Ayla rode Baby.
(d) When Baby returned and she had control over him.

14. What stung Jondalar?
(a) His guilt.
(b) All of these.
(c) His shame.
(d) His sorrow.

15. When there was less weight the boat was ______ to handle.
(a) Unpredictable.
(b) The same.
(c) Easier.
(d) Harder.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who had come up the mountain to fetch Thonolan?

2. How did Ayla move according to Jondalar?

3. How did Jondalar make Ayla feel?

4. What did Jondalar have to prove to himself before he would mate Serenio?

5. What did a donii with a likeness do?

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