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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ceremony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the medicine man say is the reason new ceremonies need to be created?
(a) White people have ruined the old ceremonies
(b) They cannot find all the elements necessary for the old ceremonies
(c) Things shift and change around them
(d) He does not think the ceremonies need to be changed

2. What does Tayo say an Indian should avoid in Gallup?
(a) Any of the bars on the east side
(b) Being in Gallup after dark
(c) Wearing a cowboy hat if you are an Indian
(d) Going to any of the brothels on the south side

3. Where is Thought-Woman sitting in the opening poem?
(a) Under a tree
(b) On top of a mountain
(c) In a creek bed
(d) In her room

4. Why does the Helen Jean leave the bar?
(a) She has to go meet her sister
(b) She does not like the atmosphere
(c) Her brother came to get her
(d) She is interested in a Mexican man there

5. What does Betonie draw in the sand that he tells Tayo to remember?
(a) A map
(b) A type of herb for nausea
(c) How to twine vines for the next Ceremony
(d) The pattern of some stars

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tayo feel about the medicine man’s possessions?

2. What does Floyd Lee call his miles of barbed wire fencing?

3. What does Emo carry in his little bag?

4. What does Tayo dream about the night he sleeps with Ts’eh?

5. Why does Helen Jean go to the bars and hang out with the Indian men?

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