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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 the chief decide to do about the terms the old women set?
(a) Respect them.
(b) Overrule them.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Bargain with them.

2. Where do the women decide to move because they are afraid?
(a) A less desireable spot.
(b) A more desireable spot.
(c) A spot that is safe from insects.
(d) A spot that is safe from predators.

3. What erases the bad feelings between Chi'idzigyaak and Ozhii Nelii?
(a) Tears of joy.
(b) An embrace.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Explanations.

4. What does Daagoo think may have caused the scent?
(a) The movement of a caribou herd.
(b) The remnant of a summer fire.
(c) The first blossoming of spring flowers.
(d) A hidden cache of fish.

5. What do the first visitors bring each time they come to see the old women?
(a) Shells and hides.
(b) Caribou meat.
(c) Furs and moosemeat.
(d) Jerky and hides.

Short Answer Questions

1. What scent does Daagoo catch?

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

3. What do the women eat as winter ends?

4. What is each of the men conditioned to do?

5. How do the women protect themselves at night?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the sense that the old women might be alive offer so much hope to The People?

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

3. Why does Daagoo smile with admiration when he sees the two women?

4. How do the women make traps for muskrats?

5. What had hardship taught the women and The People that they had not known before?

6. How has the women's attitude toward The People changed in the time since they were abandoned?

7. Why does Daagoo believe the birch bark was stripped from the trees by the two women?

8. How do The People agree to respect the two women?

9. What game does the bull moose play with Sa'?

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

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