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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 is the fourth night the most difficult for the women?
(a) They are frightened.
(b) They are too tired.
(c) They are losing resolve.
(d) They are questioning their decision.

2. Who does Sa' wish to prove wrong?
(a) The People and Death.
(b) Themselves.
(c) The People.
(d) Predators.

3. Why does Sa' say they are both like babies?
(a) Because they are helpless.
(b) Because they cry.
(c) Because they stopped caring for themselves.
(d) Because they are dependent on others.

4. What relatives does Chi'idzigyaak have in the group?
(a) A grandson and a granddaughter.
(b) A son and a granddaughter.
(c) A daughter and a grandson.
(d) A brother and a cousin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sa' cook for their first meal in the old campsite?

2. What are the women trying to avoid by covering their faces?

3. What do the women find on their fourth night of walking?

4. What sound do the women hear when they are first alone in the silent night, before they have gone to sleep?

5. Which part of society do The People feed first?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why are the hunters always fed first?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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