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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Why does Sa' say they are both like babies?
(a) Because they are dependent on others.
(b) Because they stopped caring for themselves.
(c) Because they are helpless.
(d) Because they cry.

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

8. When do the women agree that they will talk about their feelings?
(a) After the camp is made and the shelter is built.
(b) After the fire is burning and they are warm.
(c) On the next day after arriving at the old campsite.
(d) Never.

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

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

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

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

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

14. What is the first reason why the women determine to leave the fall camp?
(a) The People might return.
(b) There is not enough water.
(c) There would be other hunters coming through.
(d) There are not enough animals to kill.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What danger lies in crossing the frozen river?

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

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

4. What kind of work do the women do?

5. What does Sa' thinks holds power over all living things?

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