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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What observation does Ishi make about saldu greetings?
(a) The greetings are always loud and boisterous.
(b) They grab each other's right hands.
(c) Men grab hands and women hug.
(d) Some greetings are friendlier than others are.

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

3. What is inside the package that the expressman delivers?
(a) Ishi's old otterskin quiver and his rock-glass knife and case.
(b) Ishi's old juniper bow and arrows.
(c) Ishi's fishing nets and harpoon.
(d) Tushi's treasure bundle.

4. Once Ishi realizes that his loved ones are no longer wandering, where does he decide to go?
(a) To Ancestor Cave.
(b) Back to Wowunupo.
(c) To Three Knolls.
(d) To the Land of the Dead.

5. For how long does Ishi sleep after he buries Mother?
(a) He sleeps for the rest of the winter, until the New Year.
(b) He sleeps for a full week.
(c) He sleeps until the Harvest.
(d) He sleeps for six months.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Majapa agree to start their journey in Gahma?

2. What is Ishi looking for when he wanders into the saldu village?

3. in "To the Edge of the World, Section 6," how much time has passed since Ishi's arrival at the museum?

4. What items are buried with Ishi?

5. What does Ishi smell when he finally wakes up and stands at the mouth of the cave?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Ishi's understanding of the war affect him?

2. Why is it important for Ishi to teach Maliwal?

3. How have Ishi and Mother's lives changed since the disappearance of Elder Uncle and Tushi?

4. How might Ishi's actions following Mother's death be described as a type of symbolic death?

5. How do the Sheriff's actions surprise Ishi?

6. How are the men at the museum different from other saldu that Ishi has observed?

7. Why does Ishi decide to go to the museum with the Stranger?

8. What are Ishi's initial reactions to the City?

9. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

10. How is the Stranger who visits Ishi different from the other saldu he has met?

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