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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through To the Edge of the World Section 10.

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 tell stories and describe the Way so that Majapa can write it down.
(c) He will return to the Yahi world and live as he used to.
(d) He will teach children who visit the museum about the Yahi Way.

2. What service does Ishi offer to the museum?
(a) He offers to keep the rooms clean and to polish the artifacts.
(b) He offers to make a variety of Yahi objects for the museum's displays.
(c) He offers to tell his story to the museum visitors.
(d) He offers to guide the visitors through the exhibits.

3. According to Majapa, what keeps the Yahi world alive?
(a) The memories of all of the people and events live in the very earth.
(b) Both he and Ishi remember it.
(c) The artifacts left behind will tell the story.
(d) The spirits of all of the Yahi who are buried there keep the world alive.

4. According to Majapa, why had he and his friend come to the Yahi world after the heat moons?
(a) They wanted to learn more about the geography of the area.
(b) They were looking for more artifacts for the museum.
(c) They wanted to find and help Ishi and his mother.
(d) They were hunting for elk.

5. What is Ishi looking for when he wanders into the saldu village?
(a) The Outer Ocean.
(b) His old fishing shelter.
(c) The entrance to the cave at Wowunupo.
(d) The Trail to the Land of the Dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom does Ishi compare himself and Majapa?

2. What does the Sheriff give to Ishi that makes him smile?

3. Why are Ishi and Tushi convinced that the saldu will discover them if they try to move now?

4. What does Ishi share with Majapa as they sit on the bank of Banya Creek?

5. What signs of mourning is Ishi wearing when he returns to Tuliyani?

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