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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 old women fear their own people?
(a) The People are desperately hungry.
(b) The People had broken their trust.
(c) The People are ruthless.
(d) The People are cannibals.

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

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. How does Sa' kill the rabbit?
(a) She stabs it through the heart.
(b) She chops off its head.
(c) She strangles it.
(d) She crushes its heart with her hand.

5. What clears Sa's head when she wakes up each morning?
(a) Bright light and cold air.
(b) Squirrel broth and bright light.
(c) Sleep and squirrel broth.
(d) Cold air and sleep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What feeling does Sa' arouse in Chi'idzigyaak?

2. What does Shruh Zhuu do with his time?

3. How do the two women decide to die?

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

5. What do the women make to guide the rabbits to the snare?

Short Essay Questions

1. What painful memories does Chi'idzigyaak recall?

2. Why are the hunters always fed first?

3. What slows the two old women's progress when they wake up on the second day of travel?

4. Why does Sa' smile when Chi'idzigyaak notices that they have arrived at the creek, but are on the wrong side?

5. How do the two old women make snowshoes?

6. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

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

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

9. Why was Sa' finally banished from her group as a young woman?

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

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