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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sadness Among The People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What question does Daagoo ask that the other hunters cannot answer?
(a) Where have the old women gone?
(b) Why would the campfire still be warm?
(c) Has another band gone through here?
(d) Why would anyone try to hide the stripped spots on the trees?

2. How do the women learn that summer is almost over?
(a) The sun is on the horizon.
(b) The leaves start to fall.
(c) The air starts to feel cool.
(d) It begins to snow.

3. Who is condemned to death in the environment of the Arctic Circle?
(a) The weak and sick.
(b) The old and tired.
(c) The wicked and evil.
(d) The careless and unworthy.

4. Why does the chief want to leave as quickly as possible?
(a) So he won't cry.
(b) So he won't lose courage and change his mind.
(c) So the old women won't look at him.
(d) So the old women won't stab him.

5. What sound do the women hear in the dead of their first night that wakes them from their sleep?
(a) An owl's screech.
(b) A coyote's howl.
(c) An animal's cry.
(d) A human cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the chief's bitterness show?

2. What migrating animal do The People follow?

3. How do moose protect themselves from cold?

4. How do the women preserve the meat they catch?

5. How do the women know they are traveling in the right direction?

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