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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What wrong impression does Chi'idzigyaak say they had given the younger people?

2. What feeling does Sa' arouse in Chi'idzigyaak?

3. What do the old women do in return for the help of the group?

4. How do the women insulate their shelter?

5. What is the first skill the old women recall?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do the two old women decide to go when they feel they cannot remain in the camp where they have been abandoned?

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

3. What good deed have The People done for the two women as they leave them behind?

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

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

6. How do the migrating bands keep their fires alive?

7. How is the two old women's shelter made?

8. Why are the hunters always fed first?

9. Why does Ozhii Nelii not defend her mother?

10. Why do the two old women take care not to work too hard in the cold?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The affection and tolerance with which The People treated the two old women weakened them and ultimately worked to their detriment, while the betrayal and abandonment made them strong and self-sufficient. In your essay, discuss how it is that actions that had kind intentions caused harm to the recipients.

Essay Topic 2

The People had broken their own rules by treating the women as babies. Why had they done so? What was the effect upon the women? In your essay, discuss the benefits and pitfalls of the affection with which The People had treated the two old women.

Essay Topic 3

Who do you think suffered more during the long, hard winter? Was it the two women, or the chief, the daughter, and the other members of the band? Why? In your essay, compare and contrast the situations of the two groups. What advantage did the women have? What advantage did the chief and the rest of The People have?

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