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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. What kind of wine did Jetamio specialize in making?
(a) Red.
(b) White.
(c) Bilberry.
(d) Rose.

2. What was Ayla's hide tent made of?
(a) Aurochs.
(b) Giant Deer.
(c) Bear skin.
(d) Buffalo.

3. What kind of tree isn't mentioned for lance making?
(a) Alder.
(b) Pine.
(c) Willow.
(d) Ash.

4. What did Ayla like to wear for comfort?
(a) A leather wrap around her breasts.
(b) Both of these.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) A leather thong around her hair.

5. What animal's tails adorned Jondalar and Thonolan's parkas?
(a) Wolf.
(b) Horse.
(c) Fox.
(d) Ermine.

Short Answer Questions

1. What sign(s) did Ayla find from her totem?

2. What stone, when combined with flint, produced a spark?

3. What did Ayla decide she would gather that day?

4. When did Ayla realize that Whinney had gone where Ayla wanted her to go?

5. What distinct advantage did the cave offer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the Malaise?

4. Who was Iza and what had she told Ayla on the night that she died?

5. What stroke of innovation allowed Ayla to bring down a horse on her own?

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

7. Why had Jondalar inadvertently hurt Radonio?

8. Why did Thonolan want to give up?

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

10. How did Ayla react to the valley?

(see the answer keys)

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