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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 24.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What must happen for Iza to stay at Creb's hearth?
(a) Brun must agree.
(b) The spirits must give a sign at the cave ceremony.
(c) Her baby must be a girl.
(d) The hunt must be successful.

2. How does Brun feel about Ayla during the winter of Broud's constant abuse of Ayla?
(a) Brun believes she acts like a baby.
(b) Brun believes that Ayla will be a good example to Broud.
(c) Brun begins to wish he had never adopted her into the clan.
(d) Brun begins to respect Ayla.

3. What does Iza give Ayla before the mammoth hunt?
(a) Her own otter-skin medicine bag
(b) An amulet
(c) A special carrying basket
(d) A new wrap

4. What does Ayla do that astonishes the other clans?
(a) She undresses, revealing how different her body is.
(b) She shows everyone Durc.
(c) She shows no fear of the pet cave bear.
(d) She laughs.

5. What does everyone in the clan watch Ayla do that winter?
(a) They watch across the hearth boundaries as Ayla goes to bed for the rest of her pregnancy.
(b) They watch as Ayla forgets her difficult pregnancy to nurse Iza back to health.
(c) They watch as Ayla makes special clothes for her expected baby.
(d) They watch as Ayla struggles to decide on a mate.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Iza stop working while the women are winnowing grain?

2. How does Ayla come out of her depression?

3. Why does Droog allow Ayla to watch him make the tools for the mammoth hunt?

4. What does Ayla do that reveals her secret skill?

5. What does the hunt indicate to the clan about the cave?

(see the answer key)

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