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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What should The People always do in hard times, according to the chief?
(a) Send out the weakest.
(b) Eat less.
(c) Prepare for the worst.
(d) Band together.

2. How do the women preserve the meat they catch?
(a) Freezing.
(b) Air drying.
(c) Burying.
(d) Smoke drying.

3. Why does Shruh Zhuu tell Chi'idzigyaak he has come to see her?
(a) To get his hatchet.
(b) To show her how he has grown.
(c) To check on her welfare.
(d) To ask her forgiveness.

4. How many men does the chief send to look for the women?
(a) Four.
(b) Seven.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

5. What does Sa' tell Chi'idzigyaak they have to do when they hear Daagoo's voice?
(a) Be brave and face them.
(b) Burrow down and hide.
(c) Turn and run.
(d) Kill the four hunters.

6. What do the hunters smell when Daagoo first asks them to sniff the air?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Fish.
(d) Nothing.

7. What does Chi'idzigyaak believe about the hunters?
(a) They are here to help the two women.
(b) They are up to no good.
(c) They are here to trick the two women.
(d) They have come to steal the food of the two women.

8. Who is allowed to visit the old women under the terms of their first agreement?
(a) The four hunters.
(b) Women only.
(c) Family only.
(d) The chief and Daagoo.

9. What question does Daagoo ask that the other hunters cannot answer?
(a) Has another band gone through here?
(b) Why would anyone try to hide the stripped spots on the trees?
(c) Why would the campfire still be warm?
(d) Where have the old women gone?

10. What does the chief suffer from ever since the abandonment of the two women?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Gout.
(d) Self-loathing.

11. What does Daagoo promise the women?
(a) No one will cause them harm.
(b) Daagoo will protect them.
(c) They will be accepted into the camp.
(d) The chief will protect them.

12. When is a moose unafraid of man or anything else?
(a) Evening.
(b) Any time.
(c) Rutting season.
(d) Spring.

13. Where do the women decide to move because they are afraid?
(a) A spot that is safe from insects.
(b) A more desireable spot.
(c) A less desireable spot.
(d) A spot that is safe from predators.

14. What do the first visitors bring each time they come to see the old women?
(a) Furs and moosemeat.
(b) Caribou meat.
(c) Shells and hides.
(d) Jerky and hides.

15. What can fish intestines be used for?
(a) Gloves.
(b) Storing cooking grease.
(c) Sausage casings.
(d) Water containers.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the women work in the heat of the day?

2. What is Daagoo's response to the old women's first question?

3. What does Shruh Zhuu tell Chi'idzigyaak that Ozhii Nelii is feeling?

4. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?

5. What is each of the men conditioned to do?

(see the answer keys)

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