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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What has healed the bitter memories of the two old women?
(a) Understanding and peace.
(b) Success and comfort.
(c) Forgiveness and distance.
(d) Loneliness and time.

2. What larger animal do the women remember how to trap?
(a) Caribou.
(b) Badgers.
(c) Muskrats.
(d) Moose.

3. Why is the direction chosen by the women senseless to Daagoo?
(a) It is far from water.
(b) It is far from the spot where moose gathered.
(c) It is near where mosquitoes breed.
(d) It is far from the caribou trails.

4. What does Daagoo notice about the snow around them?
(a) It shows footsteps.
(b) It is new.
(c) It is untrampled.
(d) It is frozen on the surface.

5. How do the women protect themselves at night?
(a) Staying awake.
(b) Hiding under an overhanging ledge.
(c) Hiding in a cave.
(d) A smoky fire.

6. What does one of the hunters ask Daagoo?
(a) How much longer they will search.
(b) What he expects to find.
(c) What he smells.
(d) What he wants them to do.

7. How do the council members who had first suggested abandoning the women feel when they are found?
(a) Astonished.
(b) Grateful.
(c) Ashamed.
(d) Relieved.

8. What do the women gather before they respond to Daagoo's call?
(a) Courage.
(b) Food.
(c) Wood for the fire.
(d) Clothing.

9. What do the hunters smell when Daagoo first asks them to sniff the air?
(a) Nothing.
(b) Caribou.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Fish.

10. What emotions had the betrayal originally created in the two old women?
(a) Hate and fear.
(b) Forgiveness and tolerance.
(c) Courage and patience.
(d) Love and loneliness.

11. What can fish intestines be used for?
(a) Water containers.
(b) Storing cooking grease.
(c) Sausage casings.
(d) Gloves.

12. When is a moose unafraid of man or anything else?
(a) Any time.
(b) Evening.
(c) Rutting season.
(d) Spring.

13. What question does Daagoo ask himself to help him choose the direction in which to search?
(a) "How would I go if I were afraid of The People?"
(b) "How would I go if I couldn't run from predators?"
(c) "How would I go if I need to stay close to water?"
(d) "How would I go if I needed a larger cache for food?"

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

15. What do the women eat as winter ends?
(a) Squirrels and grouse.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Rabbits and rats.
(d) Grouse and rabbits.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the women cache their dried meat?

2. What is Daagoo's response to the old women's first question?

3. What problem do the women encounter with their huge supply of food?

4. Where do the women decide to move because they are afraid?

5. What do the women put around their faces to protect their skin?

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