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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?
(a) They want to stay by the river.
(b) They can't walk any farther.
(c) They are afraid of forest wolves.
(d) They want to stay by the lake.

2. What does not arrive in the morning because of the time of year?
(a) Friends.
(b) Light.
(c) Game animals.
(d) Birds.

3. How do moose protect themselves from cold?
(a) Migrating.
(b) Staying in one place.
(c) Huddling in circles.
(d) Digging shelters.

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

5. What are their ropes made of?
(a) Ox hides.
(b) Mooseskin.
(c) Sealskin.
(d) Caribou hides.

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

7. What is the result of returning circulation to Sa's legs?
(a) Relief from pain.
(b) Less pain.
(c) More pain.
(d) Continued pain.

8. What protects Shruh Zhuu when he freely voices his opinions as a child?
(a) The favor of the chief.
(b) His mother.
(c) His youth and innocence.
(d) His grandmother.

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

10. What sound do the women hear in the dead of their first night that wakes them from their sleep?
(a) An owl's screech.
(b) An animal's cry.
(c) A coyote's howl.
(d) A human cry.

11. Which of the two women is older?
(a) Chi'idzigyaak.
(b) Sa'.
(c) Neither ever learned their ages.
(d) They are the same age.

12. Which part of society do The People feed first?
(a) Children.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Old people.
(d) Women.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first skill the old women recall?

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

3. What does Sa' cook for breakfast on the fifth morning?

4. What animal does Sa' kill?

5. What is the purpose of leaving older members behind?

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