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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the women apply to their skin?
(a) Bear grease.
(b) Moose grease.
(c) Bacon grease.
(d) Muskrat grease.

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

3. How do the women keep the bear from their fish?
(a) They give the bear the guts.
(b) They bury the fish where the bear can't smell it.
(c) They hang the fish too high for the bear.
(d) They scare the bear away by yelling.

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

5. 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.

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

7. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?
(a) Badgers.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Moose.
(d) Muskrats.

8. What does Daagoo finally tell the other hunters at the end of Chapter 6, " Sadness Among The People"?
(a) "The two old women are dead."
(b) "The two old women do not wish to be found."
(c) "The two old women are near."
(d) "The two old women have forgotten The People."

9. 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) Kill the four hunters.
(d) Be brave and face them.

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

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

12. Where do the women cache their dried meat?
(a) In a hole lined with willows.
(b) Hanging high in a tree.
(c) In an underwater cave.
(d) Behind a grove of bushes.

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

14. How many animals do the women kill on the first day they set their tunnel traps?
(a) Ten.
(b) Two.
(c) One.
(d) None.

15. What do the women gather before they respond to Daagoo's call?
(a) Wood for the fire.
(b) Clothing.
(c) Courage.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the chief suffer from ever since the abandonment of the two women?

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

4. What delicious treat does Sa' find when she goes beyond the hill for the first time?

5. What does Daagoo give the women that causes them to trust him?

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