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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What scent does Daagoo catch?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Fish.

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

4. What does the chief decide to do about the terms the old women set?
(a) Overrule them.
(b) Ignore them.
(c) Respect them.
(d) Bargain with them.

5. How do the women feel when the chief arrives at their camp?
(a) Respectful.
(b) Thrilled.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Distrustful.

6. How do the men feel about following Daagoo in pursuit of the scent?
(a) Reluctant.
(b) Excited.
(c) Frightened.
(d) Cautious.

7. What does Sa' perceive when looking at the faces of the hunters?
(a) They have not been eating well.
(b) They are not happy.
(c) They mean no harm.
(d) They are exhausted.

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

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

10. What act of weakness on the chief's part would have cost him his position?
(a) Relinquising his leadership.
(b) Taking the old women back into the band.
(c) Asking for help.
(d) Invading another band.

11. What had hardship taught The People about themselves?
(a) They were not wise, but foolish.
(b) They were not strong, but weak.
(c) They were not weak, but strong.
(d) They were not happy, but sad.

12. What do the women first give The People?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Fish.
(c) Furs.
(d) Dried rabbit meat.

13. After they have cached enough food, what are the women still afraid of?
(a) The return of the cold.
(b) Physical weakness.
(c) Predatory animals.
(d) Other people.

14. What astonishes the hunters about the women?
(a) The women seem younger.
(b) The women are not hostile.
(c) The women accepted them into their tent.
(d) The women are in good health.

15. What emotion does Chi'idzigyaak feel when she looks at the hunters?
(a) Relief.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Resentment.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?

2. Why are The People surprised when they reach the place where they left the old women?

3. What question does Daagoo ask that the other hunters cannot answer?

4. How do the women keep the bear from their fish?

5. What does Daagoo notice that the other hunters do not?

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