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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the women gather before they respond to Daagoo's call?

2. When is a moose unafraid of man or anything else?

3. How do the women learn that summer is almost over?

4. What makes the women's voices seem closer to the hunters than they are?

5. What does the chief believe would have been worse for The People than hunger during the harsh winter?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why do the four hunters feel impatient about their task of searching for the old women?

3. What do the women do with the inside parts of the fish they catch?

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

5. Why do the women realize that tearing the bark from the birch trees has been a mistake?

6. What condition are The People in when they arrive at the camp where they had abandoned the two women?

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

8. What does Sa' notice about the hunters during their first conversation?

9. Where do the women decide to go to protect themselves from others as the weather warms?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In this story, the author has to find many ways to convey the idea of cold. In your essay, find and detail as many ways as you can that the author used to convey the cold that the women experienced, including the sensory elements of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell.

Essay Topic 2

The climax of a story takes place when the tension is greatest, when the decisions are made which cannot be reversed. In your essay, locate and identify the climax of this story and support your conclusion.

Essay Topic 3

Do you think the conflict the women face is mostly external or mostly internal? Give reasons from the story to support your opinion.

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