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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 act of weakness on the chief's part would have cost him his position?
2. Why is the direction chosen by the women senseless to Daagoo?
3. Where do the women cache their dried meat?
4. What does Daagoo finally tell the other hunters at the end of Chapter 6, " Sadness Among The People"?
5. What does Daagoo notice that the other hunters do not?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Shruh Zhuu do with the two old women each day?
2. How has the chief's decision to leave the women behind affected him since?
3. Where do the women decide to go to protect themselves from others as the weather warms?
4. What surprises Daagoo during his first conversation with the two women?
5. How do the women make traps for muskrats?
6. How does Daagoo decide which direction the two women might have taken?
7. Why do the four hunters feel impatient about their task of searching for the old women?
8. Why are the women afraid that other people might come to their fish camp?
9. What had hardship taught the women and The People that they had not known before?
10. When they hear their names called, why do the women agree that there is no use in trying to hide?
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
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
Is it important to the story that the two old women and the rest of the band met up again and learned what had happened during their separation? Why or why not? In your essay, explain the importance of the reconciliation to the learning that the story offers to its characters and to its readers.
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