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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What emotion does Chi'idzigyaak feel when she looks at the hunters?
(a) Gratitude.
(b) Dismay.
(c) Resentment.
(d) Relief.

2. What does Sa' say the two women should prepare for when they meet the hunters?
(a) Humiliation.
(b) Embarrassment.
(c) Death.
(d) Sorrow.

3. What does Daagoo give the women that causes them to trust him?
(a) A message from the chief.
(b) Food.
(c) His word.
(d) An amulet.

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

5. What does the chief suffer from ever since the abandonment of the two women?
(a) Exhaustion.
(b) Fear.
(c) Self-loathing.
(d) Gout.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Chi'idzigyaak refuse most visitors?

2. What can fish intestines be used for?

3. After they have cached enough food, what are the women still afraid of?

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

5. How do the women keep the bear from their fish?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why had Daagoo been surprised that no one had ever silenced the two old women when they lived together?

2. How does Daagoo decide which direction the two women might have taken?

3. Why do the old women not want to get too much help from The People?

4. What had the women made in their spare time during the winter?

5. Why does Daagoo smile with admiration when he sees the two women?

6. How do The People agree to respect the two women?

7. Why would it be difficult to see from a distance that Sa' was an old woman?

8. Why does Daagoo hold out hope that the old women are still alive?

9. How can the hunters tell that the old women are in better shape than The People as the winter ends?

10. When they hear their names called, why do the women agree that there is no use in trying to hide?

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