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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why is Iza the leader of the women?
(a) She is medicine woman.
(b) She is the leader's sibling.
(c) She is the leader's mate.
(d) She is the oldest woman.

3. How old is the young girl at the beginning of the book?
(a) Four
(b) Five
(c) Six
(d) Three

4. What does Ayla do that makes Creb bond with her?
(a) She touches his scarred face without inhibition.
(b) She tugs his beard.
(c) She tries to tell him her name.
(d) She gives him flowers.

5. How many days transpire between a clan child's birth and naming day?
(a) Twenty
(b) Three
(c) Ten
(d) Seven

6. What ceremony does Brun hope to include in the cave ceremony celebration?
(a) The ceremony to make Grod new Mog-ur
(b) Broud's manhood ceremony
(c) The ceremony to mate Iza and Creb
(d) The ceremony to make Ayla one of the clan

7. What does Droog give Ayla?
(a) His toolmaking kit
(b) A bone hammer for finishing tools
(c) Some extra tools created when making his hand axe
(d) His hammerstone

8. Who is the Clan's spiritual leader?
(a) Broud
(b) Creb
(c) Brun
(d) Grod

9. Who is destined to be Broud's mate?
(a) Ovra
(b) Oga
(c) Ayla
(d) Uka

10. How does Brun secretly feel about the news of Iza's baby's gender?
(a) Sorrowful
(b) Regretful
(c) Relieved
(d) Angry

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

12. How do the clan members feel about Broud's abuse toward Ayla?
(a) Few approve of the lengths to which Broud uses to keep her in line
(b) Most believe it is a test from Ayla's totem.
(c) Most believe the strange girl deserve the harsh treatment because of her differences.
(d) Few believe that Broud goes far enough in her punishment of her insolence.

13. What does Ayla want while the clan continues traveling?
(a) She wants to pick flowers for her new friends.
(b) She wants to learn to find food.
(c) She wants to run away.
(d) She wants to learn to hunt.

14. What had Brun planned to do to with Iza before she rescued Ayla?
(a) Have the Mog-ur provide for her
(b) Take her and her baby to his own hearth
(c) Give her to Broud
(d) Give her to Grod

15. Where does Ayla begin hiding her sling as she learns to hunt?
(a) In the folds of her wrap
(b) In the hazelnut bushes in front of her cave
(c) In her collecting basket
(d) In her shoes

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens once she leaves the cave?

2. When is the book set?

3. What does Ayla find while exploring?

4. What is Broud's totem?

5. How does Ayla survive the attack after the sling misses it's mark?

(see the answer keys)

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