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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the women make with babiche?
(a) Whips.
(b) Belts.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Nooses.

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

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

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

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. What kind of work do the women do?
(a) Indoor.
(b) Burdensome and time-consuming.
(c) Light and easy.
(d) Planting and harvesting.

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

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

15. Why do the women feel almost superstitious about their good luck?
(a) They built snowshoes easily.
(b) They killed a squirrel.
(c) They caught another rabbit.
(d) They were still alive.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the women watching for along the river?

2. How do the two women decide to die?

3. Why is the fourth night the most difficult for the women?

4. Why does Sa' say they are both like babies?

5. Why can't Sa' get up in the morning after the fourth night?

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