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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ozhii Nelii afraid of?
(a) The People might shun her.
(b) The People might cannibalize her.
(c) The People might leave her behind.
(d) The People might banish her.

2. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?
(a) They refuse to help the children.
(b) They criticize the labor of others.
(c) They tell lies.
(d) They complain of aches and pains.

3. What clears Sa's head when she wakes up each morning?
(a) Squirrel broth and bright light.
(b) Cold air and sleep.
(c) Sleep and squirrel broth.
(d) Bright light and cold air.

4. What does Sa' gladly realize on the fourth night?
(a) They will survive.
(b) They are on the right trail.
(c) They have reached their destination.
(d) Spring is on the way.

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

6. What is the first thing the old women do to save themselves?
(a) Set traps to catch rabbits.
(b) Save the embers from the fire.
(c) Gather sticks to build the fire.
(d) Melt snow to make drinking water.

7. Why had the group not shared food with the two women?
(a) It would take food from the hunters.
(b) It would be a disgrace to them.
(c) It would be a waste to feed dying ones.
(d) It would dishonor the women.

8. What must a boy care for even above his loved ones in the group?
(a) His weapon.
(b) His skill.
(c) His friends.
(d) His authority.

9. What does Chi'idzigyaak think will happen to Sa' if Chi'idzigyaak gives up?
(a) Sa' will be relieved.
(b) Sa' will give up too.
(c) Sa' will be sad.
(d) Sa' will be able to travel more easily.

10. What animal does Sa' kill?
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A caribou.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A moose.

11. What are the women trying to avoid by covering their faces?
(a) Freezing their noses.
(b) Freezing their lungs.
(c) Freezing their faces.
(d) Freezing their lips.

12. What does Sa' thinks holds power over all living things?
(a) The moon.
(b) The weather.
(c) The land.
(d) The sun.

13. Why do the women check their snares during the night?
(a) Because they were too hungry to wait.
(b) To get to their catch before other predators.
(c) They were not sleeping well.
(d) They were too curious to wait.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What protects Shruh Zhuu when he freely voices his opinions as a child?

3. With what do the women fill the sleeping area on their first night of travelling to keep themselves warm?

4. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?

5. Why do the old women fear their own people?

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