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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. What act of weakness on the chief's part would have cost him his position?
(a) Relinquising his leadership.
(b) Asking for help.
(c) Taking the old women back into the band.
(d) Invading another band.

2. What had the women done to their previous camp that revealed they had been there?
(a) Pitched tipis.
(b) Dug holes.
(c) Moved stones.
(d) Torn bark from the trees.

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

4. What kind of caches do the women devise?
(a) On the ground.
(b) Standing.
(c) Underground.
(d) Under water.

5. How do the men feel about following Daagoo in pursuit of the scent?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Excited.
(c) Cautious.
(d) Frightened.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?

3. What is the first reason why the women determine to leave the fall camp?

4. What animals leave older and weaker members behind?

5. What undermines the chief's decision-making ability?

(see the answer key)

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