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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) Because they were too hungry to wait.
(b) They were too curious to wait.
(c) To get to their catch before other predators.
(d) They were not sleeping well.

2. What causes Sa's circulation to start again each morning?
(a) Jogging around the campsite.
(b) Limping around the campsite.
(c) Crawling around the campsite.
(d) Massaging her legs.

3. Why had the group not shared food with the two women?
(a) It would dishonor the women.
(b) It would take food from the hunters.
(c) It would be a waste to feed dying ones.
(d) It would be a disgrace to them.

4. What does Chi'idzigyaak say the young people think about them?
(a) They are foolish.
(b) They are useless.
(c) They will die soon.
(d) They are without skills.

5. What protects Shruh Zhuu when he freely voices his opinions as a child?
(a) His mother.
(b) The favor of the chief.
(c) His grandmother.
(d) His youth and innocence.

Short Answer Questions

1. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?

2. What sound do the women hear in the dead of their first night that wakes them from their sleep?

3. What is not tolerated in this environment?

4. What does Sa's mind tell her body she must do when her body insists that they rest for a day?

5. What are the women anxious to leave behind?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What painful memories does Chi'idzigyaak recall?

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

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

9. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

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

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