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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. Why do The People not visit the old women immediately?

2. What kind of caches do the women devise?

3. What does Chi'idzigyaak say when she hears Daagoo's voice?

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

5. What emotions had the betrayal originally created in the two old women?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do the women make traps for muskrats?

2. What surprises Daagoo during his first conversation with the two women?

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

4. What had hardship taught the women and The People that they had not known before?

5. Why does Daagoo believe the birch bark was stripped from the trees by the two women?

6. Why are the women afraid that other people might come to their fish camp?

7. Why is Ch'idzigyaak afraid when The People first come to visit the two women?

8. How has the women's attitude toward The People changed in the time since they were abandoned?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The author's tone is the attitude she takes toward the characters she is writing about. In your essay, identify and analyze Velma Wallis' attitude toward the characters in the story based on the language she chooses. In particular,notice the conversations between the characters. Are they relaxed? Formal? Respectful? Use examples from the story to support your idea.

Essay Topic 2

Explain Velma Wallis' statement that young people may learn about their past, their people, and themselves from stories such as this one. How can such a specific story have such broad general impact?

Essay Topic 3

The word "beautiful" is used by many reviewers of this story. In your essay, use quotations to explain why it has been called beautiful; include your own opinion as to whether it is a beautiful story or not. Are the reviewers talking about the setting? The language? The message? Support your idea with details from the text.

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