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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the men doing when Ayla sees them in the clearing?
(a) Having a sacred ceremony
(b) Making tools
(c) Returning from a hunt
(d) Practicing with their weapons

3. What does the hunt indicate to the clan about the cave?
(a) The cave is a good place to stalk forest game.
(b) The spirits want the clan to find a home closer to the steppes.
(c) The spirits are happy with their new home.
(d) The clan will need to hunt all winter.

4. What does Ayla remember Zoug saying about killing animals that are meat eaters?
(a) If you miss a meat eater with the sling, you can always follow up with a spear thrust.
(b) Animals like a lynx or larger are easy to kill with a sling.
(c) Meat eaters are the best food for winter.
(d) It is better to kill them with a sling because you do not have to get so close.

5. What is the girl doing before the earthquake?
(a) Playing with a friend
(b) Eating
(c) Running
(d) Swimming

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ayla start paying attention to Zoug?

2. What does Ayla try to kill with the sling and miss?

3. What does Brun do when Broud finally decides to rebuke Ayla for her insolence?

4. What happens to convince the clan to start allowing Ayla to help Iza practice medicine?

5. What does Ayla do at the sea that no one else knows how to do?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Iza speculate saved the girl from the cave lion attack?

2. What is the punishment for a woman who touches a weapon?

3. What is the problem with Ayla forcing Brun to accept her child?

4. Why is Ayla embarrassed as the clan begins its journey to the Clan Gathering?

5. Why does Ayla think she should be able to keep the baby?

6. Why does Creb take Durc to the other women for nursing?

7. What does Ayla decide while she is practicing with the sling?

8. Why does Ayla become the center of attention after the first female sturgeon is caught?

9. How does Ayla finally begin to understand the clan language?

10. Why does Broud have Ayla cursed?

(see the answer keys)

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