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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak say she is like a baby?
(a) Because she cries.
(b) Because she is dependent on others.
(c) Because she is helpless.
(d) Because she is without words.

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

3. What do The People wear to keep warm?
(a) Furs and animal skins.
(b) Woven feather capes.
(c) Walrus hides.
(d) Parkas and ski jackets.

4. What causes Sa's circulation to start again each morning?
(a) Limping around the campsite.
(b) Jogging around the campsite.
(c) Crawling around the campsite.
(d) Massaging her legs.

5. What causes Sa' to cry for the first time?
(a) She feels defeated.
(b) She is fatigued and exhausted.
(c) Her body is too stiff to move.
(d) She feels sorry for her friend.

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

7. Who sets up shelters for the old women?
(a) Younger men.
(b) Younger women.
(c) The chief.
(d) Children.

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

9. What skill does Sa' possess that she had forgotten?
(a) Carrying heavy burdens.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Tracking.

10. In what do the women sleep on the first night of their travels?
(a) A cave.
(b) Under an overhanging boulder.
(c) A snow pit.
(d) A tree.

11. What do the younger men provide for the old women?
(a) Dried fish.
(b) Snowshoes and weapons.
(c) Wood and water.
(d) Food and clothing.

12. How do the women insulate their shelter?
(a) With snow.
(b) With fur.
(c) With branches.
(d) With feathers.

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

14. How does Sa' feel when she sees the campsite where they had camped many years before?
(a) She is exhausted.
(b) She is disappointed.
(c) She has come home.
(d) She is too tired to care.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal does Sa' kill?

2. What had The People done with the women's personal possessions?

3. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?

4. Who does Sa' wish to prove wrong?

5. What do the younger women do for the old women?

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