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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 does Rocky wish for when he and Tayo throw money off the bridge in San Diego?

2. What does Helen Jean do for a living in her hometown before she moves to Gallup?

3. What is the name of the medicine man that Ku'oosh wants Tayo to see?

4. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about the Japanese?

5. What does Emo suggests the men do since they fought a white man’s war and still are stuck on a dried up reservation?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are Tayo’s symptoms after he leaves the hospital and how does a Japanese person help him?

3. What does Tayo’s mother do with him when he is four?

4. Why do the two ranch hands leave Tayo alone?

5. What does Betonie tell Tayo about why Tayo saw Indian faces in the Japanese?

6. What happens with Tayo when he first gets back home and where does he stay?

7. What does Josiah tell Tayo about the spring and how does Tayo feel about the story?

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

9. How does Tayo and Rocky end up in the military and how do they end up stationed together?

10. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

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

Define plot and include the definitions of the most important elements of a plot. Do all novels have a plot? Why or why not? Write a brief synopsis of the plot of Ceremony, identifying where the various elements of the plot occur (Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution or denouement). Do you find it difficult to identify the plot? Why or why not? What about the various elements of the plot? Give a brief synopsis of any important sub-plots.

Essay Topic 3

The world of the battlefield was the most hostile and threatening of all the experiences in his life. Some men seem to survive these horrors while moving on and making lives for themselves, while others are emotionally unable to cope, and Tayo was one of the latter.

How do you think Tayo’s early life might have affected his response to the battle field? Why might his reactions to battle be considered a weakness to some people? Why are his reactions not a weakness? Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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