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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 does Sa' say the two women should prepare for when they meet the hunters?
(a) Sorrow.
(b) Death.
(c) Humiliation.
(d) Embarrassment.

2. What undermines the chief's decision-making ability?
(a) Subterfuge.
(b) Mutiny.
(c) Hunger and fatigue.
(d) Discontent and complaining.

3. Why does Shruh Zhuu tell Chi'idzigyaak he has come to see her?
(a) To ask her forgiveness.
(b) To get his hatchet.
(c) To check on her welfare.
(d) To show her how he has grown.

4. Who does Chi'idzigyyaak expect to see, but does not?
(a) Her son and granddaughter.
(b) Her old friends.
(c) Her daughter and grandson.
(d) The chief.

5. Who is allowed to visit the old women under the terms of their first agreement?
(a) The four hunters.
(b) Family only.
(c) The chief and Daagoo.
(d) Women only.

Short Answer Questions

1. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?

2. What bloodthirsty animal is waiting for the women in the new campsite they select?

3. What do The People want from the two old women?

4. What had hardship taught The People about themselves?

5. What does the chief believe would have been worse for The People than hunger during the harsh winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daagoo hold out hope that the old women are still alive?

2. How does Daagoo decide which direction the two women might have taken?

3. Why do the old women not want to get too much help from The People?

4. What surprises Daagoo during his first conversation with the two women?

5. Why are the women afraid that other people might come to their fish camp?

6. Why had Daagoo been surprised that no one had ever silenced the two old women when they lived together?

7. Why is Ch'idzigyaak afraid when The People first come to visit the two women?

8. What does Shruh Zhuu do with the two old women each day?

9. How do the women make traps for muskrats?

10. Why do the four hunters feel impatient about their task of searching for the old women?

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