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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 is the direction chosen by the women senseless to Daagoo?

2. What has Ozhii Nelii done each day since the old women were left behind?

3. What question does Daagoo ask himself to help him choose the direction in which to search?

4. What does Sa' tell Chi'idzigyaak they have to do when they hear Daagoo's voice?

5. What does Daagoo notice that the other hunters do not?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Daagoo hold out hope that the old women are still alive?

2. Why is Ch'idzigyaak afraid when The People first come to visit the two women?

3. How has the women's attitude toward The People changed in the time since they were abandoned?

4. What does Shruh Zhuu do with the two old women each day?

5. How has the chief's decision to leave the women behind affected him since?

6. Why do the old women not want to get too much help from The People?

7. When they hear their names called, why do the women agree that there is no use in trying to hide?

8. What condition are The People in when they arrive at the camp where they had abandoned the two women?

9. Why would it be difficult to see from a distance that Sa' was an old woman?

10. Why do the four hunters feel impatient about their task of searching for the old women?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Authors write for many different purposes such as to explain, to inform, to persuade, or to entertain. In your essay, tell what you think Ms. Wallis' main purpose was in writing this story. Explain your reasoning. Make your determination based on the story's impact on you as a reader. Were you entertained? Was your mind changed in some way? Did you learn something you didn't know before?

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

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

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