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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the result of returning circulation to Sa's legs?
(a) Continued pain.
(b) More pain.
(c) Less pain.
(d) Relief from pain.

2. Why does Chi'idzigyaak say she is like a baby?
(a) Because she is dependent on others.
(b) Because she is helpless.
(c) Because she cries.
(d) Because she is without words.

3. Which part of society do The People feed first?
(a) Old people.
(b) Hunters.
(c) Women.
(d) Children.

4. When do the women agree that they will talk about their feelings?
(a) After the fire is burning and they are warm.
(b) Never.
(c) After the camp is made and the shelter is built.
(d) On the next day after arriving at the old campsite.

5. Why do the women feel almost superstitious about their good luck?
(a) They built snowshoes easily.
(b) They killed a squirrel.
(c) They caught another rabbit.
(d) They were still alive.

6. What is abundant in the place Chi'idzigyaak remembers?
(a) Squirrels.
(b) Moose.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Fish.

7. Why can't the women move when they wake up on the second morning of their travels?
(a) They are frozen.
(b) They are paralyzed with fear.
(c) They have injured themselves walking.
(d) They have stiff, aging joints.

8. What does Sa' thinks holds power over all living things?
(a) The moon.
(b) The weather.
(c) The sun.
(d) The land.

9. Why do the women check their snares during the night?
(a) They were not sleeping well.
(b) To get to their catch before other predators.
(c) They were too curious to wait.
(d) Because they were too hungry to wait.

10. Which of the two women is older?
(a) They are the same age.
(b) Neither ever learned their ages.
(c) Chi'idzigyaak.
(d) Sa'.

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

12. What migrating animal do The People follow?
(a) Musk oxen.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Seals.
(d) Moose.

13. What animal does Sa' kill?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A caribou.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A moose.

14. What kind of work do the women do?
(a) Indoor.
(b) Light and easy.
(c) Planting and harvesting.
(d) Burdensome and time-consuming.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the first skill the old women recall?

2. Why is the fourth night the most difficult for the women?

3. What do the two women use for shelter the first night in at the old campsite?

4. What are their ropes made of?

5. What skill does Sa' possess that she had forgotten?

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