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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was Iza?
(a) The only friend Ayla had.
(b) The only mother Ayla could remember.
(c) She was the only person Ayla trusted.
(d) The mate of Broud.

2. Who antagonizes the flatheads?
(a) Charlie.
(b) Chalomi.
(c) Cartman.
(d) Charoli.

3. What did the fossil of the gastropod represent to her?
(a) Her totem's sanctioning of her hunting.
(b) None of these.
(c) Both of these.
(d) Her totem's promise that Durc would be unharmed.

4. What did Jondalar give Noria?
(a) His heart.
(b) His tunic.
(c) His donii.
(d) A fur he had prepared for her.

5. What distinct advantage did the cave offer?
(a) Its location close to running water.
(b) Its location high above the valley.
(c) Its steep path would be hard to traverse for predatory animals.
(d) A hole for smoke to escape.

Short Answer Questions

1. What smell brought an instinctive fear to the horses?

2. What had become a habit for Ayla in the mornings?

3. How many children had Haduma had?

4. Who had almost drowned and had been rescued by Ayla?

5. Who had been the Clan's master toolmaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. What had Broud done, and how was it a sign of an immature leader?

2. What had made Ayla finally glad of the presence of the hyenas?

3. Why was Darvo so happy when Thonolan had decided to mate Jetamio and stay?

4. What kind of relationship did Jondalar and Jetamio start out with? What did it deepen into and how?

5. What is the Malaise?

6. What did the old woman throw on the ground, and how did Jondalar react to it?

7. What advantages did Ayla have that other clan women did not?

8. What was Jondalar so worried about regarding Thonolan's approach of the rhino?

9. Why did Ayla take in the baby horse?

10. Why didn't Ayla get mad when Whinney ran and dumped all her things?

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