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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is difficult about the shot that Ishi had taken at the saldu on horseback?
(a) He was shooting from behind a dense thicket of brush.
(b) He was shooting uphill at a moving target.
(c) He was able to shoot him from behind without being seen.
(d) He was able to shoot the saldu without harming Tushi.

2. By the time that Ishi and Tushi see the saldu at the marsh, how long have the Yahi been in hiding?
(a) Seven turnings of the moon (or seven years).
(b) Nine moon cycles (nine months).
(c) Six turnings of the moon (six months).
(d) Fourteen years.

3. Why does Ishi shoot the hat off the saldu who is climbing up the trail?
(a) He is so nervous that he cannot take aim.
(b) He cannot see through the brush, so he is not able to aim.
(c) He does not want to kill anyone unless he is forced to.
(d) He sees the color of the hat and mistakes it for an animal.

4. Why does Ishi not take the basket of Tushi's that Majapa offers him?
(a) He says that he wants nothing to do with the old life.
(b) He says that it is a part of the museum's treasures and belongs there.
(c) It was not one of her best pieces of work.
(d) It brings too many sad memories for him.

5. What does the next group of saldu leave in the cave when they return to look for Mother?
(a) Some baskets with food.
(b) A pocketknife and a sack of tobacco.
(c) Trash from their camp.
(d) A bow and a quiver of arrows.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mother think the kind saldu wanted to do?

2. What advice does Elder Uncle give to the tribe after Timawi expresses his anger with Ishi for letting the saldu escape?

3. What does Tushi's basket smell like to Ishi?

4. What does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?

5. How does Timawi respond to Elder Uncle's suggestion that he teach Ishi about what he had done wrong?

(see the answer key)

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