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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 did Jondalar wish?

2. What did cave lions do during the summer?

3. What does Jondalar notice is missing from Ayla's implements?

4. Whose dung did Baby like best?

5. How did Jondalar make Ayla feel?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why was Thonolan so stressed?

3. What innovation did Ayla make since Whinney had returned and what was the reason for this innovation?

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

5. How did Dolando view flatheads and why did this shock Jondalar?

6. How did Jondalar explain the word 'love' to Ayla?

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

8. Why wouldn't Jondalar stop loving Ayla?

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

10. Why did Ayla's cave seem more lonely at this point than when she had first made it her home?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Ayla's preconceptions about the Others. Why did she fear meeting them, on some level? Why was she eager to meet them? What do the Other's represent to Ayla, on a deeper level?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the use of herbal medicines throughout THE VALLEY OF HORSES. Why is herbalism important to Ayla's day to day life? What kinds of situations might never have come to pass if Ayla's skill was less than satisfactory? Why would this have been the case?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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