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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 did Jondalar realize Ayla was trying to ask of him?
(a) How he came to her valley.
(b) Where he had come from.
(c) How to speak.
(d) Whether or not he liked her.

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

3. Why doesn't a donii usually have a face?
(a) The face of a donii attracts the spirit.
(b) The Mother isn't invited into the figurine when there is a face.
(c) All of these.
(d) The face of the Mother is unknowable.

4. Who else had Jondalar told about Zolena?
(a) Dalanar.
(b) Serenio.
(c) No one.
(d) Thonolan.

5. What did Jondalar wish?
(a) Both of these.
(b) His memory was as good as Ayla's.
(c) He could go outside.
(d) Neither of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayla use that wasn't a part of Jondalar's kit?

2. What question does Ayla ask of Jondalar once he is done making the blades?

3. Who does Jondalar love uninhibitedly?

4. What does Jondalar notice is missing from Ayla's implements?

5. What were the sounds Ayla used made for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the hardest concept for Jondalar to comprehend regarding the flatheads?

2. How did Dolando view flatheads and why did this shock Jondalar?

3. Why was Thonolan so stressed?

4. What major difference did Ayla note in Jondalar's attitude towards the clan in Chapter 26?

5. What did Jondalar admire about Ayla, and what had it taken to show him?

6. Why did Ayla leave Whinney?

7. What major problem in communication occurred in Chapter 23?

8. What did Jondalar consider about Ayla, and what brought about this decision?

9. What thought pattern lead to Ayla's riding of the huge cave lion?

10. What two things had Ayla done that astounded Jondalar?

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