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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. Why do The People not visit the old women immediately?
2. What does Daagoo promise the women?
3. What animal eats the fish guts if the bear does not?
4. What does Chi'idzigyaak believe about the hunters?
5. Where do the women cache their dried meat?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where do the women decide to go to protect themselves from others as the weather warms?
2. Why do the women realize that tearing the bark from the birch trees has been a mistake?
3. Why is Ch'idzigyaak afraid when The People first come to visit the two women?
4. Why had Daagoo been surprised that no one had ever silenced the two old women when they lived together?
5. When they hear their names called, why do the women agree that there is no use in trying to hide?
6. How has the chief's decision to leave the women behind affected him since?
7. What methods do the women use to protect themselves from mosquitoes?
8. What surprises Daagoo during his first conversation with the two women?
9. What does Shruh Zhuu do with the two old women each day?
10. Why would it be difficult to see from a distance that Sa' was an old woman?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The climax of a story takes place when the tension is greatest, when the decisions are made which cannot be reversed. In your essay, locate and identify the climax of this story and support your conclusion.
Essay Topic 2
The style of this book has been described as "simple," "humble," "lean," and "muscular." In your essay, find instances from the story to support these descriptions and explain why this style is or is not appropriate to the setting of the tale itself.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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