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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the old women do in return for the help of the group?
(a) Wash clothing.
(b) Tell stories.
(c) Tan hides.
(d) Cook.

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

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

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

6. What does Chi'idzigyaak say the young people think about them?
(a) They are foolish.
(b) They will die soon.
(c) They are without skills.
(d) They are useless.

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

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

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

10. 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.

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

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

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

14. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?
(a) They tell lies.
(b) They criticize the labor of others.
(c) They complain of aches and pains.
(d) They refuse to help the children.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why can't the women move when they wake up on the second morning of their travels?

2. What do The People wear to keep warm?

3. Why do the women feel almost superstitious about their good luck?

4. What do the women find on their fourth night of walking?

5. Why do the women check their snares during the night?

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