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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the women drink the broth instead of eating the meat?
(a) Because their stomachs were sore.
(b) To strengthen themselves.
(c) Because it was more delicious.
(d) To save the meat for later.

2. How does Chi'idzigyaak recognize the spot where they had camped many years before?
(a) The campfire stones were still there.
(b) The caches of dried fish were still there.
(c) The tipis they had built were still there.
(d) The fishracks they had built were still there.

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

4. Who is condemned to death in the environment of the Arctic Circle?
(a) The old and tired.
(b) The careless and unworthy.
(c) The weak and sick.
(d) The wicked and evil.

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

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

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

8. Why is the fourth night the most difficult for the women?
(a) They are frightened.
(b) They are questioning their decision.
(c) They are too tired.
(d) They are losing resolve.

9. What does Sa's mind tell her body she must do when her body insists that they rest for a day?
(a) Camp for a while.
(b) Move on.
(c) Help her friend.
(d) Rest until she is stronger.

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

11. With what do the women fill the sleeping area on their first night of travelling to keep themselves warm?
(a) Pine branches.
(b) Furs.
(c) Caribou hides.
(d) Spruce boughs.

12. What feeling does Sa' arouse in Chi'idzigyaak?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Enthusiasm.
(c) Despair.
(d) Hope.

13. What danger lies in crossing the frozen river?
(a) Broken shards of ice.
(b) Unseen obstacles.
(c) Slipping and falling.
(d) Hidden cracks in the ice.

14. What are the women anxious to leave behind?
(a) Scarcity.
(b) Cold.
(c) Winter.
(d) Bad memories.

15. What had the women done with their walking sticks?
(a) Hidden them.
(b) Thrown them away.
(c) Forgotten them.
(d) Carried them.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what do the women sleep on the first night of their travels?

2. What does Chi'idzigyaak think of the long sleep of death?

3. How do the women know when rabbits live nearby?

4. How do the two women decide to die?

5. What was the women's shelter made of?

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