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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. Who was Iza?

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

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

4. What did Ayla use on her hair?

5. What had become a foregone luxury?

Short Essay Questions

1. What idea struck Ayla?

2. What had made Ayla finally glad of the presence of the hyenas?

3. Why did Ayla take in the baby horse?

4. How did Ayla react to the valley?

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

6. Why did Thonolan want to give up?

7. What struck Ayla as wrong, and how did she feel when she had figured it out?

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

9. What is the Malaise?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Consider Ayla's fears regarding the Others. Are her fears well founded? Why or why not? What is unlikely to happen to Ayla that the Clan often became the victims of?

Essay Topic 2

Hunting is a practice that both men and women can pursue without hindrance amongst the others, but with significant damage done to reputation in and amongst the Clan. Suggest possible reasons for this change in behavior between the two different kinds of people.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why Jean M. Auel may have decided to kill Thonolan off. What purpose did this destruction of a character play upon the developing plot of the book? Was this death necessary for plot development? Why or why not?

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