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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does Lalo retire and close his bar?
(a) He still has the bar
(b) Right before the war starts
(c) During the war
(d) After the war

2. What does the army recruiter tell Tayo and Rocky about joining the military?
(a) He tells them anyone can fight for America when there is a war
(b) He does not mention anything about them being Indians
(c) He tells them it will bring money to the reservation
(d) He says there is a special Indian unit

3. To what tribe do the two Indians belong who get coins from Tayo when he and Robert are on the bridge?
(a) Zunis
(b) Navajos
(c) Hopis
(d) Lagunas

4. Where does Tayo want to go when he wakes up crying and dreaming about Josiah?
(a) The veteran's hospital
(b) A cave where he and Rocky used to stay for days at a time
(c) The bar where his mother works
(d) His cousin's old RV out on the edge of the reservation

5. In May where does Tayo tell his family he is going to go?
(a) To Gallup
(b) To California
(c) To the ranch
(d) To the spring cave

6. What animal does Tayo see as he is laying in the pine needles where he fell while looking for the cattle inside the fence?
(a) Mountain lion
(b) Deer
(c) Coyote
(d) Wolf

7. Where does Ulibarri live?
(a) El Paso
(b) Magdalena
(c) San Angelo
(d) Las Cruce

8. What does Ku'oosh place on Tayo’s stomach before he leaves?
(a) A rattlesnake skin
(b) A bundle of tea leaves
(c) Two ears of corn
(d) A bag of tobacco

9. How many years has it been dry since Tayo prayed the rain away?
(a) 6
(b) 15
(c) 1
(d) 0

10. What does Rocky wish for when he and Tayo throw money off the bridge in San Diego?
(a) That his father returns from the war
(b) That Tayo and he return heroes
(c) That Japan is destroyed with a large tsunami
(d) A safe return

11. What is the tribe of the woman who is in the truck with Harley and Leroy when they stop and pick up Tayo?
(a) Apache or Ute
(b) Navajo or Seminole
(c) Mohawk or Cherokee
(d) Pawnee or Prince Nez

12. What do the old singers send to Descheeny?
(a) Any animal who is injured
(b) Bottles of liquor
(c) Boxes of tobacco
(d) Patients they cannot cure

13. Where does Old Grandma sit during the day most of the time?
(a) Under the Elm tree
(b) By the stove
(c) In her bedroom
(d) At the river

14. What does Tayo feel about the medicine man’s possessions?
(a) There are too few of them
(b) They are holy
(c) They are too disorganized
(d) They are cast-offs of the white people

15. What does the medicine man tell Tayo to do after they walk Tayo through the Ceremony?
(a) Go to sleep
(b) Walk it once on his own
(c) Go home
(d) Eat

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Into what mountains does Tayo, the medicine man, and Shush ride?

3. Under what kind of trees at the Y bar does Leroy park?

4. Who goes to church on Sundays with Auntie?

5. What does Tayo do when Emo will not leave him alone at the bar?

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