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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What animal went to the mother of the people during a drought and asked forgiveness for the people?
(a) A coyote
(b) A greenbottle fly
(c) A dragonfly
(d) A road runner

2. What does Auntie take from Tayo when he is a small boy and will not return to him?
(a) A picture of his father
(b) A letter from his mother
(c) A picture of his mother
(d) The name and address of his father

3. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?
(a) Pinon nuts
(b) Gum drops
(c) Nothing
(d) Beef jerky

4. What kind and what color of truck does Josiah drive?
(a) A blue GMC
(b) A black Chevy
(c) A white El Camino
(d) A red Ford

5. Where did the medicine man first go to school?
(a) Gallup
(b) Riverside, Ca
(c) Salt Lake City
(d) Tahoe

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did all the Navajos do in the white school when the teacher brought out a tub of dead frogs to dissect?

3. What does Tayo tell Ku'oosh about Tayo’s experience in the war?

4. With what were the walls of the Ts’eh’s cabin plastered?

5. Where does Tayo want to go when he wakes up crying and dreaming about Josiah?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the family’s shepherd, Harley, the dog and the sheep?

2. How does Rocky’s mother feel about him going off to war and what does Tayo tell her?

3. How does Rocky end up dead?

4. How is Tayo when the war is over?

5. What does the woman tell Tayo when she sees him again and what is his response?

6. What does Tayo do when his friends leave in the morning what does he come to realize?

7. How does Josiah feel about Tayo and how does Josiah treat Tayo?

8. Where is Tayo when his friends find him and what does Tayo tell himself about them?

9. Who are the family members who are kind to Tayo?

10. What does Tayo first do when he goes to hunt for the cattle?

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