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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?
(a) She goes into labor.
(b) Creb wants her to save her energy for a ceremony.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She must tend to a sick child.

2. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?
(a) She runs away.
(b) She lashes out in anger.
(c) She cries tears.
(d) She hugs him.

3. What does Creb find in the cave that seals the Clan's acceptance of the space as their new home?
(a) The skull of the cave bear
(b) Hyena droppings
(c) A spring of clean water
(d) Roe deer bones

4. Why does Droog allow Ayla to watch him make the tools for the mammoth hunt?
(a) He wants her to be available to get him water if he needs it.
(b) Creb suggests to him that she would make Droog a good mate.
(c) He believes her presence will bring him luck.
(d) He wants to spite Broud, whose comments about old men have made Droog angry.

5. How long does Brun decide to make the death curse?
(a) One year
(b) One quarter
(c) One week
(d) One moon

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ayla go when she realizes that no one will interact with her, once cursed?

2. After Broud beats Ayla, what does Brun threaten?

3. How does Ayla keep track of the time during her curse?

4. How does Ayla act towards Broud after the beating?

5. What kind of tools are women of the clan allowed to make?

(see the answer key)

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