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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6, Sadness Among The People.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. With what do the women fill the sleeping area on their first night of travelling to keep themselves warm?
(a) Pine branches.
(b) Caribou hides.
(c) Spruce boughs.
(d) Furs.

2. What do the women find on their fourth night of walking?
(a) A river.
(b) A cache of dried fish.
(c) A slough.
(d) A forest.

3. Why are the men a danger to the group?
(a) They have cannibalistic feelings.
(b) They cannot find wives.
(c) They are poor hunters.
(d) They are frustrated and angered easily.

4. Why had the group not shared food with the two women?
(a) It would dishonor the women.
(b) It would be a waste to feed dying ones.
(c) It would be a disgrace to them.
(d) It would take food from the hunters.

5. How do the women protect their cache of dried fish?
(a) Fires.
(b) Buried sticks.
(c) Thorn bushes.
(d) Sand traps.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why don't the women camp in the more protected area of the forest?

2. What is the result of returning circulation to Sa's legs?

3. What unusual character flaw do the two old women possess?

4. What sound do the women hear in the dead of their first night that wakes them from their sleep?

5. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?

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