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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ishi decide he will preserve the Yahi Way?
(a) He will marry and raise a child who will carry on the Yahi tradition.
(b) He will teach children who visit the museum about the Yahi Way.
(c) He will tell stories and describe the Way so that Majapa can write it down.
(d) He will return to the Yahi world and live as he used to.

2. How does the crowd of saldu react to Ishi when he tries to speak to them?
(a) They laugh.
(b) They yell angrily.
(c) They spit at him.
(d) They retreat in fear.

3. Why does Tushi spread black raspberries and manzanita berries onto mats?
(a) She is drying them.
(b) It is an offering for the Spirits.
(c) She is inspecting them before she brings them home.
(d) She is feeding the forest animals.

4. What is Ishi's job in the spring?
(a) To catch salmon.
(b) To clean the feather and fur wraps.
(c) To wash the baskets.
(d) To grind salmon bones into flour.

5. What is Tushi collecting while Ishi counts Beaver?
(a) Wild berries.
(b) Ferns.
(c) Boadicea bulbs.
(d) Acorns.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time has passed since Ishi's arrival in the City by "To the Edge of the World, Section 5?"

2. How does Ishi think his mother feels when he sees that she is wearing her sweetgrass bracelet?

3. What event of concern to Majapa may take him away from the museum?

4. What does Mother take from her treasure bundle and wear on the night that she dies?

5. How does Ishi attempt to hide Mother from the saldu who enter the village?

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