The Clan of the Cave Bear Final Test


(Actually it’s just trivia, but try to come up with the answers without using the book!)

Part One

. Posted by Ceelie 1/21/98 on the AOL Auel Message Board


1. What two things did Tholie mention that she brought with her when she joined with Markeno?

2. What was the name of the special Sharamudoi tree?

3. Who was the young Sharamudoi woman who had a crush on Jondalar?

4. What were the first 5 words that Ayla learned from Jondalar?

5. What was Roshario and Dolando's dead son's name?

6. What did the Zelandoni call the Northern Lights? (there are 4 names to describe them)


Part Two


Posted by me 1/24/98 on the AOL Auel Message Board


7. After Ayla returns from her one moon death curse a ceremony is held. What was the ceremony for and what were the names of the three Most Ancient Spirits that Creb called upon.

8. What was the first animal that Ayla hit with her sling?

9. After the Mammoth hunt, during the men's meeting without Ayla--Goov had an unorthodox idea, what was it? (This is an essay question) LOL!

10. What was the first carnivore that Ayla tried to bring to Iza to heal? The first herbivore?

11. What is the fist "surgery" that Ayla assisted with?


Part Three


Posted by me 2/18/98 on the AOL Auel Message Board

12. Wymez and Danug return from their trading mission / training journey as Ayla and Jon are introduced to the Mamutoi. What were the three things they were trading?

13. In the Mamutoi culture, who is a man's heir?

14. To the closest approximation, assuming Mamut as common ancestor, how are Shamio and Deegie related?

15. Frabec's mother had a problem; what was it?

16. Ayla only added one thing to her amulet while in the valley, what was it and why did she add it?


Part Four


Posted by Prchus1Iam on 4/14/98 on the AOL Auel Message Board

17. What was the last item Ayla put in her wrap before Broud gave her the signal the first time?

18. Does JA ever explicitly state what disease Iza has?

19. Who made Durc's first weapons and what were they?

20. What clan woman never had any children (Brun's clan)?

21. What was the name of the man chosen by Ursus in the Cave Bear ceremony?

22. What was Durc's future mate's mother's name?

23. When did Ayla and Mog-Ur reconcile the last time?

24. What did Ayla do with Uba's stillborn fetus?

25. What did Ayla use as a frame for the wreath she made for Iza's burial cairn?

26. Under what circumstances did Droog give Ayla two flint tools, what were they, and when did she use them?


Part Five


Posted by Prchus1Iam on 5/28/99 on the AOL Auel Message Board

27. Before the glacier crossing, what was the last thing Jondalar gave to Ayla?

28. During what Clan ceremony was yellow ochre used?

29. How much brain should be used to cure a hide?

30. The first time Ayla met her, what was Lomie doing and why?

31. What animal did Ayla see when she investigated a prairie fire for food?

32. What animals did Losaduna draw in the cleansing ceremony with Madenia?

33. What comment was made about both Ayla's and Iza's springtime medicine?

34. What did Ayla see that was the exact color of Jondalar's eyes?

35. What did Creb and Mamut both see with regard to Ayla?

36. What did Guban give Jondalar as a token to cement the exchange of kinship obligations?

37. What is the 2nd time a "Haduma" fish is mentioned?

38. What was a main ingredient in the ceremonial drink used by the Losadunai?

39. What was the animal whose hide Verdegia claimed?

40. What were the mammoths doing the last time Ayla and Jondalar saw them?

41. What wouldn't Jondalar bet a broken blade against?

42. When did Ayla first have the vision of Creb standing by a cave beneath a rock suspended in its fall?

43. When did Ayla first realize that Jondalar had called her and Mamut back from the void?

44. When were the S'Armunai first mentioned and by who?

45. Who was Ebra's sister?

46. Why did Ayla and Jondalar finally abandon the bowl boat?


Part Six


Posted by MLWendt on 5/27/98 on the AOL Auel Message Board

47. What was Ayla doing when she came upon the practice field where first she witnessed the sling demonstration?

48. What was it Creb first found so amazing about the small girl of the Others?

49. What item that she took with her from the Clan did Ayla never part with, nor adapt in any way to fit into the style of her new found People?

50. What is the proper manner in which to approach strangers when on a Journey?

51. For what procedure did Iza use a charred sliver of wood?

52. What proof did the Mog-Ur offer that Ayla's first death curse had indeed been broken?

53. After Thonolan's injury, when they were found by the Sharamudoi and Jondalar went into the tent to see how his brother was healing, Thonolan told him not to even look at Jetamio with his big blue eyes - that she was his own personal Donii.. But Jetamio could only supress laughter when she looked at Jondalar - Why?

54. How did Ayla fall into the crevasse when they were crossing the glacier?

55. When Ranec was describing carving to her, Ayla had no frame of reference until he mentioned artists that make likenesses out of what medium?

56. When Ayla brought Baby to her Cave, how did she get Whinney used to having a Cave Lion Cub around?


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