7 Would you expect to see the strong and brave men win wives, or the weak and cowardly? 8 How far were the Cave People able to count? 9 Did men gradually learn to use, first all their fingers, and then their toes, to reckon with? 10 Primitive man must soon have discovered the use of sails for boats. Out of what do you supposed they fashioned the first sails? IV LITTLE LAUGHING BOY 1 During what season would you imagine the Cave People learned, invented, discovered most? Why? 2 What was the season of greatest danger? Why? 3 Were the feet of the Cave People prehensile? Were the Cave People agile? Why? 4 Can any of the children of to-day walk up a slanting tree by encircling its trunk with their arms? 5 What is a boomerang? Make one. 6 Why did wise Cave People always travel in groups? 7 Why was extreme individuality discouraged among the members of the tribes? 8 What happened to the youth who was determined to “go it alone” in those days? 9 Was the Cave Man the King of the Forests, Monarch of all he surveyed that we sometimes read about? Why not? 10 It is true that the Cave Man was weaker than most of his enemies and yet he has managed to outlive and outthrive them all. Give some reasons for this. V HUNTING AN ECHO 1 Did the Cave People know what an Echo is? 2 Could they explain their reflections in the rivers and lakes? 3 What was their idea of a shadow? 4 What was the origin of their belief in spirits? 5 What made them think the dead came back again; that they were not really dead, but lived in the spirit world? 6 How did they explain their dreams? 7 How would a primitive man explain the rain? Or Fire? Floods? Give some suggestions of your own. 8 How did the Cave People probably first secure a fire? 9 How did they learn to keep a fire going? 10 What were one or two ways by which they first learned how to _make_ a fire? VI THE FLOOD 1 What were some of the great early catastrophes? 2 What was probably the earliest sort of power used to propel a boat or raft? 3 What would we naturally expect the first boats or floats to be? Why? 4 Would it be possible to build a raft with nothing but stone tools? 5 How would you fasten such a raft together? 6 What were the first natural paddles? 7 Can you propel a boat through the water with your hands? 8 How could a boy live in a great banyan tree for several days? 9 Where would he secure food? 10 Could you make a hollow in a log without steel knives or saws or other modern tools? How? 11 Would such a hollow log serve as a crude boat?