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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Painful Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What causes the women to fall down as they walk?
(a) High drifts of snow.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Slippery patches of ice.
(d) Fatigue and old age.

2. How does Chi'idzigyaak recognize the spot where they had camped many years before?
(a) The fishracks they had built were still there.
(b) The campfire stones were still there.
(c) The tipis they had built were still there.
(d) The caches of dried fish were still there.

3. Why do the women feel almost superstitious about their good luck?
(a) They killed a squirrel.
(b) They built snowshoes easily.
(c) They caught another rabbit.
(d) They were still alive.

4. What does Shruh Zhuu do with his time?
(a) Sings and dances.
(b) Provides for his mother and the old ones.
(c) Hunts and fishes.
(d) Wrestles and runs.

5. How do the women know they are traveling in the right direction?
(a) They start to remember the trips of long ago.
(b) The river ran only one way from the slough.
(c) Familiar landmarks begin to appear.
(d) They followed the path of the sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't Sa' get up in the morning after the fourth night?

2. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?

3. What does Sa's mind tell her body she must do when her body insists that they rest for a day?

4. Why does Chi'idzigyaak pretend to be asleep on the fifth morning?

5. What does Sa' cook for breakfast on the fifth morning?

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