View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What occasionally causes the women to go off course?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Confusion.

2. How do the two women decide to die?
(a) Drowning.
(b) Freezing.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Trying.

3. Chi'idzigyaak realizes they had been pampered because ____________.
(a) Young people had kept their fire blazing.
(b) Young people had sewn their clothing.
(c) Young people had carried their burdens.
(d) Young people had brought them food.

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

5. What do the women use as pulling sleds?
(a) Woven willow branches.
(b) Moose hides.
(c) Caribou skins.
(d) Woven babiche.

6. What do the women find on their fourth night of walking?
(a) A forest.
(b) A river.
(c) A cache of dried fish.
(d) A slough.

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

8. What came back to the women as they look at the campsite where they had camped many years before?
(a) Good memories.
(b) Feelings of mistrust and betrayal.
(c) Sad memories.
(d) Bitter memories.

9. What does Shruh Zhuu do with his time?
(a) Hunts and fishes.
(b) Wrestles and runs.
(c) Provides for his mother and the old ones.
(d) Sings and dances.

10. How does Sa' kill the rabbit?
(a) She chops off its head.
(b) She stabs it through the heart.
(c) She strangles it.
(d) She crushes its heart with her hand.

11. What do the women make to guide the rabbits to the snare?
(a) Hollows.
(b) Fences.
(c) Signposts.
(d) Bait.

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

13. What animals leave older and weaker members behind?
(a) Seals.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Wolves.
(d) Moose.

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

15. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?
(a) Sa's insistence.
(b) Hunger.
(c) A leg cramp.
(d) A full bladder.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not tolerated in this environment?

2. What are the women trying to avoid by covering their faces?

3. Why does the chief want to leave as quickly as possible?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 496 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample