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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 relatives does Chi'idzigyaak have in the group?

2. What causes Sa' to cry for the first time?

3. What do the women find on their fourth night of walking?

4. Why can't the women move when they wake up on the second morning of their travels?

5. What are the women watching for along the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Ozhii Nelii not defend her mother?

2. Why did Sa' escape punishment for refusing to do women's work as a young woman?

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

4. What are the first tasks the women must do to prepare their shelter at the fish camp?

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

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

7. Why do the two old women decide that they cannot remain in the camp where they have been abandoned?

8. Why are the two women feeling worse when they wake up at their new campsite in Chapter 4, "A Painful Journey"?

9. What are the discomforts that the women notice most as they travel?

10. Why is Sa' disappointed with Chi'idzigyaak when she agrees with her that they must move on?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Do you think the conflict the women face is mostly external or mostly internal? Give reasons from the story to support your opinion.

Essay Topic 2

Velma Wallis said, "Stories are gifts given by an elder to a younger person." Is this story one that you would want to keep and share with others in your own life? In your essay, retell the story in your own words. Explain why you do or do not think it is a gift you would want to share.

Essay Topic 3

"The land was easy for me to live on, and now it seems not to want me." "Sa' marveled at the power the land held over the people, the animals, and even the plants." Write an essay discussing the power that the land holds over the people in the story. How and why are their lives controlled by the physical setting in which they live?

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