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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 skill does Sa' possess that she had forgotten?

2. With what do the women fill the sleeping area on their first night of travelling to keep themselves warm?

3. Why can't Sa' get up in the morning after the fourth night?

4. What sound do the women hear when they are first alone in the silent night, before they have gone to sleep?

5. Chi'idzigyaak realizes they had been pampered because ____________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What slows the two old women's progress when they wake up on the second day of travel?

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

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

5. Why do the two women boil the squirrel meat and drink the broth rather than eating the meat?

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

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

8. What gets the two old women up in the middle of the night on the first night after their abandonment?

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

10. What has hardship taught the two women and failed to teach the two women about each other?

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

One of the themes in this story is transformation. In your essay, explain how the abandonment brought about changes in the old women that made it possible for them to succeed in a harsh environment.

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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