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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Chi'idzigyaak think of the long sleep of death?
(a) It is something to look forward to.
(b) It won't be as bad as what they face now.
(c) It is the worst possible option.
(d) It is frightening.

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

3. What causes frost inside the caribou skins?
(a) The women's breath.
(b) The snow.
(c) The dew.
(d) The rain.

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

5. What wrong impression does Chi'idzigyaak say they had given the younger people?
(a) They were helpless.
(b) They were childish.
(c) They were foolish.
(d) They were useful.

6. What forces Chi'idzigyaak to get up in the morning when she wants to stay asleep?
(a) Sa's insistence.
(b) A leg cramp.
(c) Hunger.
(d) A full bladder.

7. What is the irritating side effect for the women of covering their faces?
(a) Muffled hearing.
(b) Frost buildup under the cover.
(c) Poor visibility.
(d) Itching.

8. What do the younger men provide for the old women?
(a) Wood and water.
(b) Food and clothing.
(c) Snowshoes and weapons.
(d) Dried fish.

9. What occasionally causes the women to go off course?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Memory loss.
(c) Darkness.
(d) Confusion.

10. How do the women soften the wood?
(a) Stretching it.
(b) Boiling it.
(c) Cutting it in thin pieces.
(d) Chewing it.

11. What must a boy care for even above his loved ones in the group?
(a) His weapon.
(b) His skill.
(c) His authority.
(d) His friends.

12. What are the women watching for along the river?
(a) A tall tree.
(b) A lagoon.
(c) A rock formation.
(d) A narrow stream.

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

14. In what do the women sleep on the first night of their travels?
(a) A cave.
(b) A snow pit.
(c) A tree.
(d) Under an overhanging boulder.

15. How do the boys in the group prove their manhood?
(a) Singing and dancing.
(b) Hunting and wrestling.
(c) Fishing and hunting.
(d) Running and wrestling.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women use as pulling sleds?

2. What do the women make to guide the rabbits to the snare?

3. Why are the men a danger to the group?

4. What causes the women to fall down as they walk?

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

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