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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 are the women anxious to leave behind?

2. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?

3. What does not arrive in the morning because of the time of year?

4. What does Chi'idzigyaak think of the long sleep of death?

5. Why do the women drink the broth instead of eating the meat?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Chi'idzigyaak make a rabbit snare?

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

3. How do the two old women make sleds to pull their possessions?

4. How do the two old women make snowshoes?

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

6. Why does Sa' say that the two women are like babies?

7. Why are the hunters always fed first?

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

9. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?

10. How does Sa' kill a squirrel?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A legend is defined as a story that is realistic and may be based on fact. It is told and retold over generations because it has some general application to humanity as a whole. What is it about this story that has such impact that Velma Wallis was determined to spend years preparing it to be read by those outside the immediate social group, the Athabascans? Why does this story qualify as a legend?

Essay Topic 2

In even the smallest groups, such as families, political structures must exist. In your essay, explain the political structure by which decisions are made and power is allocated within The People.

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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