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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. How many children had Haduma had?
(a) Eight.
(b) Sixteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eighteen.

2. What had caused Ayla to forget the intense cold of the steppes?
(a) A herd of mammoth.
(b) A herd of Saiga antelope.
(c) A herd of woolly rhinoceros.
(d) A herd of reindeer.

3. What was Creb's favorite food?
(a) Ptarmigan.
(b) Pheasant.
(c) Grouse.
(d) Forest chicken.

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

5. What is the foehn?
(a) A summer wind.
(b) A spring wind.
(c) A heat wave.
(d) A cold snap.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only check to the Sister?

2. What thickens the stew that Tholie brought with her?

3. Who was Jondalar supposed to mate at the Summer Meeting?

4. What does Thonolan tell Jondalar he has to look forward to?

5. What distinct advantage did the cave offer?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Ayla react to the valley?

2. Why did Thonolan want to give up?

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

4. What is the difference between Thonolan and Jondalar?

5. What animal had used the cave before Ayla, and how did she know? How did she react to this knowledge?

6. What was the difference in the Shamudoi and the Ramudoi specialties when it came to hunting?

7. Why did Jondalar panic in regard to the blood-soaked tunic?

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

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

10. Why did Jondalar take special attention in making sure young women were Pleasured in their First Rites?

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