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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ishi concerned about Grandmother and Grandfather?
(a) They do not have much food to eat and are growing weak.
(b) They are getting older and will soon die.
(c) They are too quiet and do not speak to the others anymore.
(d) They are forgetting the stories that they have told for years.

2. What does Ishi decide to do with the hide of the deer that he kills?
(a) To give it to Mother so that she can make a new warm skirt for winter.
(b) To give it to Tushi so that she can make a warm blanket.
(c) To make a new quiver for his arrows.
(d) To present it to Grandfather as a gift.

3. Why does Ishi not disturb the icicles that have formed on the entrance to the cave?
(a) They are sacred to him because he believes they are from Tushi's dream.
(b) The icicles are so large that they could be dangerous.
(c) He does not want to leave any evidence that he has been there.
(d) He is too tired to notice that they are there.

4. Where does Ishi go in order to try to find traces of the Lost Ones?
(a) To Ancestor Cave.
(b) To Tuliyani.
(c) To Lookout Point.
(d) To all of the places that he and Tushi went to when they were children.

5. According to Grandmother, when did she first meet Ishi's mother?
(a) When Mother was Tushi's age.
(b) When Mother was first born.
(c) After Ishi was born.
(d) When Ishi's father brought her home as his wife.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Elder Uncle purify Ishi of any danger that might have followed him from the spirit world?

2. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?

3. Where do Ishi and Elder Uncle go to hunt?

4. What do the marks on Ishi's harpoon represent?

5. What does Ishi believe is responsible for holding him to life?

(see the answer key)

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