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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?

3. What does Ts’eh tell Tayo where the cattle are located ask him when he first comes to her house?

4. What does the woman with reddish hair do when white men come to harass the women at the arroyo?

5. What does the Irishman call out to Emo when the Irishman knocks on Emo’s door when Emo is with a redhead woman?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Josiah’s sister feel about Night Swan?

2. What happens when Tayo is knocked unconscious and then wakes?

3. How does Rocky and Auntie feel about Josiah’s decision on how to take care of the cattle?

4. What does Tayo first do when he leaves Betonie?

5. Who is Night Swan and how does she know Josiah?

6. What does Tayo tell Ku'oosh about the war and about the drought?

7. What does Tayo remember about Josiah and Night Swan?

8. What does Ku'oosh say to Tayo after Tayo talks to Ku'oosh and what does Ku'oosh leave Tayo? What is Tayo’s response?

9. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

10. How does Tayo start herding the cattle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an important part of what makes Ceremony interesting.

Thoroughly discuss and analyze Tayo. What are his strengths and weaknesses? How does he contribute to the plot? Is he a sympathetic character? Is he usually likable? Seldom likable? Use specific examples to illustrate your ideas. Use the same criteria to thoroughly discuss and analyze Auntie and Emo.

Essay Topic 2

Betonie tells Tayo that saying that the white people are to blame is too simple, but change has occurred and Tayo must learn to adapt to it.

Discuss, in depth, the reasons you think Tayo might blame white people for his problems. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

One of the themes of the story is that white people are alien, they are not superior, as is commonly thought, and do not dictate cultural morés to the Native Americans.

Discuss the reasons the Indians might have viewed white people as alien or strange and how some of that viewpoint changed during the course of Ceremony. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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