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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does one of the hunters ask Daagoo?
(a) What he expects to find.
(b) How much longer they will search.
(c) What he wants them to do.
(d) What he smells.

2. What is each of the men conditioned to do?
(a) Hunt without tiring.
(b) Walk all day.
(c) Run long distances.
(d) Lift heavy weights.

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

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

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

6. What do The People want from the two old women?
(a) Forgiveness.
(b) Advice.
(c) A chance to help them.
(d) Food.

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

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

9. What collection do the women share with The People when they learn of the sorry condition of the band?
(a) Caribou hide rope.
(b) Moose hide sleds.
(c) Beaver fur garments.
(d) Rabbit fur garments.

10. What is Daagoo's response to the old women's first question?
(a) The families have survived.
(b) The chief has regretted his earlier decisions.
(c) The People have not found enough food.
(d) He does not know.

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

12. What does Daagoo think may have caused the scent?
(a) A hidden cache of fish.
(b) The remnant of a summer fire.
(c) The movement of a caribou herd.
(d) The first blossoming of spring flowers.

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

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

15. What does Chi'idzigyaak say when she hears Daagoo's voice?
(a) "We should go back to The People."
(b) "They can't find us."
(c) "They will find us."
(d) "We must move and keep hiding."

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daagoo notice about the snow around them?

2. How do the women protect their cache of dried fish?

3. What does the chief believe would give The People a second chance?

4. Why does Shruh Zhuu tell Chi'idzigyaak he has come to see her?

5. How do the women protect themselves at night?

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