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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 animal is Ayla's first true kill?

2. What does Ayla do when Creb reprimands her that worries him?

3. What do the older men use to hunt small animals?

4. Why does Brun reprimand Broud?

5. What does Broud offer to make Vorn?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Brun refrain from interfering in the battle of wills between Broud and Ayla?

2. Why does Brun send Ayla to find Creb when he falls behind on the journey home?

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

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

5. How did the woman in the legend have her deformed son accepted?

6. What does Ayla think about what Iza told her before she died?

7. Why is Iza so happy about the news that she may stay at the Mog-ur's hearth?

8. What does Creb realize when he learns of Ayla's crime?

9. What is Creb's argument for not cursing Ayla for almost trying to force Brun to accept the baby?

10. Why does Broud cuff Ayla?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What role do the totem spirits play in the lives of the clan? How do their beliefs regarding the spirits affect their acceptance of Ayla? How does Ayla challenge their beliefs? Write an essay about three specific points in the story where the totem spirits play a role.

Essay Topic 2

What makes Brun a good leader? Write an essay exploring Brun's character. Identify three characteristics that you consider good leadership qualities. Provide examples from the text showing the development of that characteristic in Brun. How does each make him a good leader?

Essay Topic 3

Deformity is a recurrent motif in the novel.

Part 1) Explain the clan's tradition regarding deformity. Does this tradition serve a practical purpose? If so, what it is?

Part 2) What is the difference between the deformity in the stillborn baby Uba delivers and Durc?

Part 3) Is the clan able to distinguish a difference between the two? Why or why not?

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