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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?
(a) A snow pit.
(b) A hanging boulder near the creek.
(c) A sheltering tree.
(d) An old tent frame they found.

2. What does not arrive in the morning because of the time of year?
(a) Birds.
(b) Friends.
(c) Game animals.
(d) Light.

3. What is the result of returning circulation to Sa's legs?
(a) Less pain.
(b) Relief from pain.
(c) Continued pain.
(d) More pain.

4. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?
(a) They are afraid of forest wolves.
(b) They can't walk any farther.
(c) They want to stay by the lake.
(d) They want to stay by the river.

5. What sound do the women hear when they are first alone in the silent night, before they have gone to sleep?
(a) Something howling.
(b) Something breathing heavily.
(c) Something panting.
(d) Something skittering across tree bark.

Short Answer Questions

1. What must a boy care for even above his loved ones in the group?

2. What is abundant in the place Chi'idzigyaak remembers?

3. How do the women soften the wood?

4. What does Sa' cook for breakfast on the fifth morning?

5. What do The People wear to keep warm?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the two old women take care not to work too hard in the cold?

2. Where do the two old women decide to go when they feel they cannot remain in the camp where they have been abandoned?

3. How is Shruh Zhuu's behavior unusual among The People?

4. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

5. What gets the two old women up in the middle of the night on the first night after their abandonment?

6. How do the migrating bands keep their fires alive?

7. Why are the two women feeling worse when they wake up at their new campsite in Chapter 4, "A Painful Journey"?

8. Why does Ozhii Nelii not defend her mother?

9. Why did Sa' escape punishment for refusing to do women's work as a young woman?

10. How does the group react to the chief's announcement that the two old women would be left behind?

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