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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were Jondalar and Thonolan hunting?

2. What had become a habit for Ayla in the mornings?

3. What made the young horse come to Ayla?

4. What was the burly man carrying on his back?

5. Where did Jondalar put one of the tunics?

Short Essay Questions

1. What transformation did Jetamio undergo when she smiled, and what impression did Jondalar get from that smile?

2. Why did Ayla take in the baby horse?

3. Why was Darvo so happy when Thonolan had decided to mate Jetamio and stay?

4. What animal had used the cave before Ayla, and how did she know? How did she react to this knowledge?

5. What stroke of innovation allowed Ayla to bring down a horse on her own?

6. What idea struck Ayla?

7. How did Ayla react to the valley?

8. Why were the gifts from others not really anonymous?

9. What information did Creb give Ayla on signs from her totem?

10. What kind of relationship did Jondalar and Jetamio start out with? What did it deepen into and how?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ayla's relationship with Baby. How does it differ from her relationship to the horse? What was important about this relationship, and how did it serve Ayla later? What role does Baby play in the plot development?

Essay Topic 2

What was Ayla's motivation for keeping order in her cave? How might Ayla have fared if she didn't keep such order? How might Jondalar have fared? Who did she learn organization from, and why was it necessary?

Essay Topic 3

Compare the relationship between Ayla, Baby and Whinney. How is this similar to a multi-pet household? In what ways was Ayla's relationship different from anything that is around in present day? What specific traits are important to note regarding the domesticated animals?

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