Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Velma Wallis
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 115 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage, and Survival Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Chi'idzigyaak get her name?
(a) From a star.
(b) From a whale.
(c) From a chickadee.
(d) From a caribou.

2. What sound do the women hear when they are first alone in the silent night, before they have gone to sleep?
(a) Something panting.
(b) Something howling.
(c) Something breathing heavily.
(d) Something skittering across tree bark.

3. What relatives does Chi'idzigyaak have in the group?
(a) A daughter and a grandson.
(b) A brother and a cousin.
(c) A son and a granddaughter.
(d) A grandson and a granddaughter.

4. How did the women sleep on the fourth night?
(a) Lying in the cave.
(b) Burrowed under the spruce boughs.
(c) Lying by the fire.
(d) Leaning against each other.

5. Why do the women check their snares during the night?
(a) To get to their catch before other predators.
(b) They were not sleeping well.
(c) They were too curious to wait.
(d) Because they were too hungry to wait.

6. What does Chi'idzigyaak's daughter give her as she leaves?
(a) A hatchet.
(b) A moose hide.
(c) Babiche.
(d) Dried fish.

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

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

9. What does Sa' have in sufficient quantity for both of them?
(a) Food.
(b) Water.
(c) Hope.
(d) Determination.

10. Why can't the women move when they wake up on the second morning of their travels?
(a) They have stiff, aging joints.
(b) They are paralyzed with fear.
(c) They are frozen.
(d) They have injured themselves walking.

11. How does Sa' kill the rabbit?
(a) She chops off its head.
(b) She strangles it.
(c) She crushes its heart with her hand.
(d) She stabs it through the heart.

12. Why does Chi'idzigyaak pretend to be asleep on the fifth morning?
(a) She doesn't want to shame her friend.
(b) She doesn't want to give up her dream.
(c) She doesn't want to face the day.
(d) She doesn't want to move.

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

14. What does the name Sa' mean?
(a) Flower.
(b) Bird.
(c) Feather.
(d) Star.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What migrating animal do The People follow?

3. Who does Sa' wish to prove wrong?

4. What do the women make with babiche?

5. What causes Sa's circulation to start again each morning?

(see the answer keys)

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