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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 berries did Ayla come across?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Raspberries.
(c) Blackberries.
(d) Huckleberries.

2. What did Ayla rely on when night fell?
(a) Whinney's instincts.
(b) The stars to guide her back to her cave.
(c) Whinney's protection.
(d) Whinney's speed.

3. Who was the young, vivacious woman that Jondalar was interested in?
(a) Cheruneo.
(b) Cerunio.
(c) Cherinio.
(d) Cherunio.

4. What smell brought an instinctive fear to the horses?
(a) Sweat.
(b) Smoke.
(c) All of these.
(d) Humans.

5. What does Thonolan tell Jondalar he has to look forward to?
(a) The next sunrise.
(b) All of these.
(c) The next bend in the river.
(d) The next woman he beds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the only check to the Sister?

2. What do the Shamudoi hunt?

3. Into what shape had she shaped the snow pile?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What information did Creb give Ayla on signs from her totem?

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

6. What things did Ayla need to survive the winter?

7. What is the difference between Thonolan and Jondalar?

8. In what ways did Whinney help Ayla accomplish the reindeer hunt?

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

10. What events led to Ayla making fire with flint and iron pyrite?

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