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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 kind of caches do the women devise?
(a) On the ground.
(b) Underground.
(c) Under water.
(d) Standing.

2. What problem do the women encounter with their huge supply of food?
(a) Preservation.
(b) Boredom.
(c) Storage.
(d) Spoiling.

3. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?
(a) Muskrats.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Moose.
(d) Badgers.

4. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?
(a) Fear.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Disinterest.
(d) Pride.

5. What does Daagoo finally tell the other hunters at the end of Chapter 6, " Sadness Among The People"?
(a) "The two old women have forgotten The People."
(b) "The two old women do not wish to be found."
(c) "The two old women are near."
(d) "The two old women are dead."

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the hunters smell when Daagoo first asks them to sniff the air?

3. What do the women put around their faces to protect their skin?

4. How do the council members who had first suggested abandoning the women feel when they are found?

5. What do the first visitors bring each time they come to see the old women?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What had the women made in their spare time during the winter?

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

6. Where do the women decide to go to protect themselves from others as the weather warms?

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

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

9. How has the chief's decision to leave the women behind affected him since?

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

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