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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. Why was Zolena no more?
(a) She had gone to another cave.
(b) She had died.
(c) She had left on a Journey and never come back.
(d) She had become First Among Those Who Serve.

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

4. What did Jondalar have to prove to himself before he would mate Serenio?
(a) That he would dedicate his life to her.
(b) That he could be the best flint knapper.
(c) That he could make bilberry wine like Jetamio.
(d) That he could be Sharamudoi, both Ramudoi and Shamudoi.

5. What did Ayla want to know from her cave lion totem?
(a) Why she had been cast out of the Clan.
(b) Why the cub was sent to her.
(c) If she would ever find the Others.
(d) Why she had been given the animals as companions.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what point do older women choose younger men?

2. How many eggs were in the ptarmigan nest?

3. What was the first animal Baby killed?

4. Why did Jondalar give away half the fish?

5. At what point in the year did Baby's absences become longer?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why was Thonolan so stressed?

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

5. Why wouldn't Jondalar stop loving Ayla?

6. What did Thonolan learn from Jetamio?

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

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

9. What is the difference between Creb and the Zelandoni, and how did Ayla explain it to Jondalar?

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

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