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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, A New Beginning.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Sa' cook for their first meal in the old campsite?
(a) A rabbit head.
(b) Rabbit innards.
(c) A rabbit stew.
(d) A barbecued rabbit.

2. What is the first skill the old women recall?
(a) Tanning hides.
(b) Building fires.
(c) Making snowshoes.
(d) Setting traps.

3. What undermines the chief's decision-making ability?
(a) Subterfuge.
(b) Hunger and fatigue.
(c) Mutiny.
(d) Discontent and complaining.

4. Who is allowed to visit the old women under the terms of their first agreement?
(a) The chief and Daagoo.
(b) Family only.
(c) The four hunters.
(d) Women only.

5. What sound do the women hear when they are first alone in the silent night, before they have gone to sleep?
(a) Something panting.
(b) Something skittering across tree bark.
(c) Something howling.
(d) Something breathing heavily.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sa' say the two women should prepare for when they meet the hunters?

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

3. What bloodthirsty animal is waiting for the women in the new campsite they select?

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

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

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