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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, The Stillness is Broken.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the women check their snares during the night?
(a) They were not sleeping well.
(b) Because they were too hungry to wait.
(c) They were too curious to wait.
(d) To get to their catch before other predators.

2. How do the two women decide to die?
(a) Freezing.
(b) Drowning.
(c) Trying.
(d) Sleeping.

3. What had The People done with the women's personal possessions?
(a) Sold them to a passing group.
(b) Divided them up to share.
(c) Stolen them.
(d) Left them for the women.

4. What makes the women's voices seem closer to the hunters than they are?
(a) The perfect silence.
(b) The still night.
(c) The echoing ice.
(d) The cold air.

5. What does not arrive in the morning because of the time of year?
(a) Light.
(b) Game animals.
(c) Birds.
(d) Friends.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had the women done with their walking sticks?

2. What animal eats the fish guts if the bear does not?

3. What does Daagoo promise the women?

4. What do the women make with babiche?

5. After they have cached enough food, what are the women still afraid of?

(see the answer key)

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