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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 does Sa' cook for breakfast on the fifth morning?
(a) A fried rabbit.
(b) A broth made from rabbit head.
(c) A broth made from squirrel meat.
(d) A boiled squirrel.

2. What question does Daagoo ask himself to help him choose the direction in which to search?
(a) "How would I go if I couldn't run from predators?"
(b) "How would I go if I needed a larger cache for food?"
(c) "How would I go if I were afraid of The People?"
(d) "How would I go if I need to stay close to water?"

3. Why do the old women fear their own people?
(a) The People are ruthless.
(b) The People are cannibals.
(c) The People are desperately hungry.
(d) The People had broken their trust.

4. What appears in the fall to increase the women's food stores?
(a) Trout.
(b) Moose.
(c) Salmon.
(d) Mule deer.

5. Who does Sa' wish to prove wrong?
(a) The People and Death.
(b) The People.
(c) Themselves.
(d) Predators.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the chief suffer from ever since the abandonment of the two women?

2. What causes Sa's circulation to start again each morning?

3. What migrating animal do The People follow?

4. What do the old women do in return for the help of the group?

5. Why does Sa' say they are both like babies?

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