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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 does Chi'idzigyaak's daughter give her as she leaves?

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

3. What is not tolerated in this environment?

4. What came back to the women as they look at the campsite where they had camped many years before?

5. What is the first reason why the women determine to leave the fall camp?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sa' smile when Chi'idzigyaak notices that they have arrived at the creek, but are on the wrong side?

2. Why are the hunters always fed first?

3. How do the two old women make snowshoes?

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

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

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

7. Why does Ozhii Nelii not defend her mother?

8. What painful memories does Chi'idzigyaak recall?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

At the beginning of the story, the old women thought themselves incapable of change. Their constant complaining had led them and those around them to believe that they were useless. Did the women bring about their own abandonment by the attitude they displayed over the years? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Explain Velma Wallis' statement that young people may learn about their past, their people, and themselves from stories such as this one. How can such a specific story have such broad general impact?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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