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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ishi go when the summer gets too hot?
(a) To the pines above Three Knolls.
(b) Back to the house of flint cave.
(c) To Wowunupo.
(d) Back to Banya Creek.

2. How long is the bundle that the expressman delivers to the museum?
(a) The length of Ishi's entire body.
(b) As long as Ishi's leg.
(c) The length of Ishi's arm to the tips of his fingers.
(d) As long as the museum table.

3. Why does Ishi at first refuse the food and drink that the Sheriff offers him?
(a) He thinks it might be poisoned and too many people are staring at him.
(b) He is still in mourning, so he is fasting.
(c) The food does not look appetizing.
(d) He is too afraid to be hungry.

4. What wakes Ishi in the morning in "To the Edge of the World, Section 2?"
(a) The Sheriff opening the door.
(b) The barking of saldu dogs.
(c) The voice of the Monster (the train).
(d) The voices of two men fighting in the street.

5. 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 hunting for elk.
(c) They were looking for more artifacts for the museum.
(d) They wanted to find and help Ishi and his mother.

6. What does Ishi hear when he is swimming in Banya Creek?
(a) He hears Tushi's spirit calling him.
(b) He hears the noise of a saldu camp.
(c) He hears the Monster.
(d) He hears the howling of a wolf.

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

8. What is Ishi's visitor talking about when they are having tea?
(a) He is talking about the war across the ocean.
(b) He is telling him about the city.
(c) He is describing an archaeoligical discovery.
(d) He is talking about fishing in the Outer Ocean.

9. According to Ishi, what problem arises from wearing shoes?
(a) Shoes pinch a person's toes and make it too difficult to move quickly.
(b) Wearing shoes confines the foot, but also the spirit of the person wearing them.
(c) All of the tracks look the same, so following a person is difficult.
(d) A person cannot know where he walks when his feet do not touch earth.

10. When the Sheriff asks Ishi whether he would like to return to the Yahi world, why does Ishi decline?
(a) Ishi does not trust the Sheriff to return him safely.
(b) Ishi says the Yahi world no longer exists.
(c) Ishi does not want the saldu to know where the Yahi lands are.
(d) Ishi is excited about the opportunity to explore.

11. What ritual does Ishi share with Majapa and Maliwal when they first arrive in Gahma?
(a) A Yahi purification blessing.
(b) A tobacco offering to the Spirits.
(c) A sweat bath.
(d) A storytelling dance.

12. What does Ishi make in the museum and give to Majapa?
(a) A Yahi harpoon.
(b) A Yahi flute.
(c) A Yahi basket.
(d) A Yahi arrowhead.

13. How long do Ishi and his friends stay in the Yahi world?
(a) Almost two months.
(b) Over four months.
(c) About six months.
(d) Almost two weeks.

14. For how many days do Majapa and Maliwal go to Outer Ocean to offer prayers and sacrifices for Ishi's spirit?
(a) Seven.
(b) Ten.
(c) Three.
(d) Five.

15. What does the Golden Gate headland remind Ishi of?
(a) Lookout Point.
(b) Wowunupo.
(c) Black Rock.
(d) Waganupa.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of whom does the little girl in the arroyo remind Ishi?

2. Why is Ishi concerned about Tushi and Elder Uncle when he gets to the creek?

3. Once Ishi realizes that his loved ones are no longer wandering, where does he decide to go?

4. According to Majapa, what makes the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

5. What does Ishi do after Majapa and Maliwal are asleep?

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