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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do the two old women want Daagoo to tell them immediately?
(a) Whether their families have survived.
(b) Whether the chief had changed his mind.
(c) Why The People are searching for them.
(d) Whether The People found food.

3. What does Daagoo notice that the other hunters do not?
(a) The snow was melting.
(b) The campfire was still warm.
(c) The bark had been stripped from the trees.
(d) A food cache had been dug nearby.

4. How do the women protect themselves at night?
(a) Hiding under an overhanging ledge.
(b) A smoky fire.
(c) Staying awake.
(d) Hiding in a cave.

5. Why do the women work in the heat of the day?
(a) Bears are sleeping.
(b) Insects are sleeping.
(c) Wolves are sleeping.
(d) Vampire bats are sleeping.

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

7. What delicious treat does Sa' find when she goes beyond the hill for the first time?
(a) Blueberries.
(b) Cranberries.
(c) Raspberries.
(d) Strawberries.

8. What undermines the chief's decision-making ability?
(a) Hunger and fatigue.
(b) Subterfuge.
(c) Discontent and complaining.
(d) Mutiny.

9. What makes the women's voices seem closer to the hunters than they are?
(a) The cold air.
(b) The still night.
(c) The perfect silence.
(d) The echoing ice.

10. What do the women possess because of their long survival?
(a) Endurance.
(b) Health.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Strength.

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

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

13. What has healed the bitter memories of the two old women?
(a) Loneliness and time.
(b) Understanding and peace.
(c) Forgiveness and distance.
(d) Success and comfort.

14. What has Ozhii Nelii done each day since the old women were left behind?
(a) Prayed.
(b) Wondered.
(c) Cried.
(d) Worked.

15. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?
(a) Embarrassment.
(b) Disinterest.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What appears in the fall to increase the women's food stores?

2. What does Sa' say the two women should prepare for when they meet the hunters?

3. What do the first visitors bring each time they come to see the old women?

4. Who does Chi'idzigyyaak expect to see, but does not?

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

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