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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, A Painful Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the old women do to save themselves?
(a) Save the embers from the fire.
(b) Set traps to catch rabbits.
(c) Gather sticks to build the fire.
(d) Melt snow to make drinking water.

2. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?
(a) They want to stay by the lake.
(b) They are afraid of forest wolves.
(c) They can't walk any farther.
(d) They want to stay by the river.

3. What does the name Sa' mean?
(a) Bird.
(b) Feather.
(c) Flower.
(d) Star.

4. How did the women sleep on the fourth night?
(a) Lying by the fire.
(b) Burrowed under the spruce boughs.
(c) Lying in the cave.
(d) Leaning against each other.

5. Chi'idzigyaak realizes they had been pampered because ____________.
(a) Young people had kept their fire blazing.
(b) Young people had brought them food.
(c) Young people had sewn their clothing.
(d) Young people had carried their burdens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the chief want to leave as quickly as possible?

2. Who is condemned to death in the environment of the Arctic Circle?

3. What relatives does Chi'idzigyaak have in the group?

4. What wrong impression does Chi'idzigyaak say they had given the younger people?

5. Why do the old women fear their own people?

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