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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 interesting characteristic did Ayla note about Jondalar?
(a) The person with whom he had traveled he was close to.
(b) All of these.
(c) He was in grief.
(d) His eyes had watered.

2. Why did Jondalar give away half the fish?
(a) He wanted to share the bounty.
(b) He felt that the woman should have some food too.
(c) He wanted to repay the flathead for his kindness.
(d) The flathead had asked for it, and had saved his life.

3. What did cave lions do during the summer?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Look for a mate.
(d) Grow restless.

4. What was the special meaning behind the saiga antelope?
(a) It was Creb's totem.
(b) It was Uba's totem.
(c) It was Iza's totem.
(d) It was Durc's totem.

5. What was Thonolan's drive to keep moving tainted with?
(a) Loneliness.
(b) Sorrow.
(c) All of these.
(d) Desperation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What incident jolted Ayla into speech?

2. What had Jondalar forgotten he had lost?

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

4. What was the first animal Baby killed?

5. Who does Jondalar love uninhibitedly?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did Thonolan learn from Jetamio?

3. What adaptive techniques allowed the chamois to cling to rocks?

4. Why did Ayla leave Whinney?

5. What caused Ayla much laughter following the onager kill?

6. Why did Ayla become so upset?

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

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

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

10. What was Jondalar's outburst regarding, and what was the reason for it?

(see the answer keys)

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