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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. Why do the women check their snares during the night?
(a) To get to their catch before other predators.
(b) They were too curious to wait.
(c) They were not sleeping well.
(d) Because they were too hungry to wait.

2. What causes the women to fall down as they walk?
(a) High drifts of snow.
(b) Fatigue and old age.
(c) Slippery patches of ice.
(d) Confusion.

3. Why does Chi'idzigyaak pretend to be asleep on the fifth morning?
(a) She doesn't want to give up her dream.
(b) She doesn't want to face the day.
(c) She doesn't want to shame her friend.
(d) She doesn't want to move.

4. How did the women sleep on the fourth night?
(a) Lying in the cave.
(b) Lying by the fire.
(c) Burrowed under the spruce boughs.
(d) Leaning against each other.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak say she is like a baby?

2. What danger lies in crossing the frozen river?

3. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?

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

5. What does Sa' thinks holds power over all living things?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

4. Why do the two old women feel "almost superstitious" about their good luck in hunting?

5. What do the younger men do for the two old women each time they move to a new campsite?

6. How do the two old women make snowshoes?

7. Why do the two women boil the squirrel meat and drink the broth rather than eating the meat?

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. Why is Sa' disappointed with Chi'idzigyaak when she agrees with her that they must move on?

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