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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Ayla ask of Jondalar once he is done making the blades?
(a) If Jondalar would teach her how to do his technique.
(b) If she could try Jondalar's technique.
(c) If there is an objection to women making tools.
(d) If Jondalar knew any female tool makers.

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

3. What did the two stones on his shoulders display to Ayla?
(a) His faith in her skill.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) His trust in her.
(d) Both of these.

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

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

6. What animal does the chamois resemble?
(a) All of these.
(b) The big horned sheep.
(c) The mountain goat.
(d) The ibex.

7. What did Ayla want to know from her cave lion totem?
(a) If she would ever find the Others.
(b) Why the cub was sent to her.
(c) Why she had been given the animals as companions.
(d) Why she had been cast out of the Clan.

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

9. Whose dung did Baby like best?
(a) Whinney's.
(b) Ayla's.
(c) Onagers'.
(d) Antelopes'.

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

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

12. What feelings did Ayla get while being unencumbered?
(a) Both of these.
(b) Neither of these.
(c) An unaccustomed sense of freedom.
(d) An unaccountable sense of frustration.

13. What interesting characteristic did Ayla note about Jondalar?
(a) His eyes had watered.
(b) He was in grief.
(c) The person with whom he had traveled he was close to.
(d) All of these.

14. What had Jondalar forgotten he had lost?
(a) His fire making set.
(b) His tool belt.
(c) His hooks.
(d) His knife.

15. How did Ayla express gratitude for the awl?
(a) By saying "thank you".
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) By bowing her head in the Clan way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised Jondalar regarding flatheads?

2. What gesture did Ayla give Thonolan's grave?

3. What stung Jondalar?

4. What was Ayla sure about regarding the man in her dream?

5. What did Ayla learn in Chapter 24 about the Others?

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