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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 had the women done with their walking sticks?
(a) Hidden them.
(b) Thrown them away.
(c) Carried them.
(d) Forgotten them.

2. What does Chi'idzigyaak think of the long sleep of death?
(a) It won't be as bad as what they face now.
(b) It is frightening.
(c) It is the worst possible option.
(d) It is something to look forward to.

3. What does Sa' cook for their first meal in the old campsite?
(a) A barbecued rabbit.
(b) Rabbit innards.
(c) A rabbit head.
(d) A rabbit stew.

4. How do the women know they are traveling in the right direction?
(a) The river ran only one way from the slough.
(b) Familiar landmarks begin to appear.
(c) They start to remember the trips of long ago.
(d) They followed the path of the sun.

5. Which of the two women is older?
(a) Sa'.
(b) Neither ever learned their ages.
(c) Chi'idzigyaak.
(d) They are the same age.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is not tolerated in this environment?

2. What does Chi'idzigyaak think will happen to Sa' if Chi'idzigyaak gives up?

3. How do the two women decide to die?

4. What is the first skill the old women recall?

5. How do the women know when rabbits live nearby?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chi'idzigyaak make a rabbit snare?

2. How do the two old women make snowshoes?

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

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

5. Why does Sa' say that the two women are like babies?

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

7. Why is the winter in which this story takes place more dangerous for The People than other winters?

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

9. How do the two old women make sleds to pull their possessions?

10. What good deed have The People done for the two women as they leave them behind?

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