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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 object, delivered to the museum by the express wagon, intrigues Ishi?
(a) Handmade bows from throughout the world.
(b) A collection of books.
(c) An assortment of woven baskets.
(d) Ancient Greek pottery.

2. What does Ishi teach Maliwal in "To The Edge of the World, Section 7?"
(a) To make bow, arrows, and quiver and shoot the weapon.
(b) How to catch fish using only his hands.
(c) How to speak the Yahi language.
(d) How to walk quietly and cover his tracks.

3. How does the group travel from the saldu village to the Yahi world?
(a) On foot.
(b) By wagon.
(c) On horseback.
(d) By train.

4. What is contained in the notebooks that Majapa shows to Ishi?
(a) Lists of all of the Yahi artifacts in the museum.
(b) Sketches of Ishi making arrows and arrowheads.
(c) A collection of Yahi words, maps, and stories.
(d) Notes that Maliwal has made about his time with Ishi.

5. What does Ishi find in the mud along the banks of the river?
(a) A saldu fire stick.
(b) Tushi's white shell necklace.
(c) Elder Uncle's bone earring.
(d) An old arrowhead.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What wakes Ishi in the morning in "To the Edge of the World, Section 2?"

4. Why does Ishi give the enclosed note to Majapa?

5. What does Ishi search for in the river?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Mother's death affect Ishi?

2. How does Majapa comfort Maliwal after Ishi's death?

3. What details lead Ishi to believe that Elder Uncle and Tushi have not survived the escape?

4. How does Ishi overcome his concern about bringing Majapa and Maliwal into the Yahi world?

5. What is Ishi searching for when he travels throughout the Yahi world?

6. How do Mother and Ishi support each other after they are separated from Elder Uncle and Tushi?

7. What does Ishi now believe about the saldu?

8. Why does the "friend" return Ishi's quiver and knife to him?

9. According to Majapa, How was the Greek world similar to the Yahi world?

10. How does spring bring new life to Ishi?

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