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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) Underground.
(b) Under water.
(c) Standing.
(d) On the ground.

2. What do the women possess because of their long survival?
(a) Health.
(b) Knowledge.
(c) Strength.
(d) Endurance.

3. How do the women feel when the chief arrives at their camp?
(a) Thrilled.
(b) Respectful.
(c) Grateful.
(d) Distrustful.

4. What does the chief believe would have been worse for The People than hunger during the harsh winter?
(a) Cold.
(b) A change in leadership.
(c) An invasion of other groups.
(d) Attacks by predators.

5. What do the women first give the hunters to eat?
(a) Beaver.
(b) Dried fish.
(c) Muskrat.
(d) Rabbit.

Short Answer Questions

1. What hope does Daagoo offer the people as they find no sign of the two women?

2. What question does Daagoo ask that the other hunters cannot answer?

3. How do the men feel about following Daagoo in pursuit of the scent?

4. What does Daagoo think may have caused the scent?

5. What act of weakness on the chief's part would have cost him his position?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How can the hunters tell that the old women are in better shape than The People as the winter ends?

3. Why do the women realize that tearing the bark from the birch trees has been a mistake?

4. What condition are The People in when they arrive at the camp where they had abandoned the two women?

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

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

7. How do the women make traps for muskrats?

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

9. What does Sa' notice about the hunters during their first conversation?

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

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