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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 Ayla use that wasn't a part of Jondalar's kit?
(a) An antler chisel.
(b) A foot bone of a mammoth.
(c) A hammer stone.
(d) All of these.

2. How many eggs were in the ptarmigan nest?
(a) Six.
(b) Five.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eight.

3. How did Jondalar notice Ayla handle the pouch around her neck?
(a) Both of these.
(b) As he would hold a donii.
(c) With reverence.
(d) Neither of these.

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

5. What did Thonolan do that dismissed an obligation?
(a) Neither of these.
(b) Thonolan helped with everything.
(c) Both of these.
(d) He hunted every day Jondalar was in recovery.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Jondalar give away half the fish?

2. What holds a part of Ayla's spirit?

3. What side of the Mother is Jondalar supposed to keep to?

4. Who was the last person that had given Jondalar the same satisfaction?

5. How did the woman appear to Jondalar?

Short Essay Questions

1. What puzzled Jondalar regarding Ayla?

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

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

4. Why wouldn't Jondalar stop loving Ayla?

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

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

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

8. What language did Jondalar teach Ayla, and what was the problem with it?

9. Why was Thonolan so stressed?

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

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