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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 made Whinney nervous?
(a) Ayla's attention elsewhere.
(b) None of these.
(c) The smell of the strange man in the cave.
(d) The smell of blood within the cave.

2. How did Ayla feel when Jondalar relieved himself?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad.
(c) Humiliated.
(d) Ashamed.

3. Where did Jondalar attempt to convince Thonolan to go following Jetamio's death?
(a) Home.
(b) West.
(c) North.
(d) East towards the mouth of the Great Mother river.

4. What, more than ever, made Jondalar suspect Ayla was a donii?
(a) When Ayla midwifed Whinney.
(b) When Ayla rode Baby.
(c) When Ayla called birds to her hands.
(d) When Baby returned and she had control over him.

5. Why did Jondalar's voice frustrate Ayla?
(a) She found his voice annoying and repetitive.
(b) She thought that instinctively she should understand him but she didn't.
(c) Neither of these.
(d) Both of these.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayla perceive as the greatest of the Cave Lion's gifts?

2. What was the first animal Baby killed?

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

4. Why did Jondalar believe what Ayla said regarding the flatheads?

5. What did the hyena smell like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What argument did Ayla make for the people of the Clan not being animals?

2. Why wouldn't Jondalar stop loving Ayla?

3. Why was Marthona so upset about Jondalar's decision to leave with Thonolan?

4. Why was Thonolan so stressed?

5. What did the Clan consider as improper and why did Ayla question it? To what conclusion did Ayla come regarding this?

6. What did Jondalar say about Ayla's donii?

7. What does Ayla explain about the cave lion totem?

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

9. Why had Ayla been embarrassed?

10. What main reason did Serenio give Jondalar to not mate him?

(see the answer keys)

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