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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the overall tone of the first half of the story?
(a) Loss.
(b) Joy.
(c) Peace.
(d) Contentment.

2. As Ayah studies the faces in the bar, whom do they remind her of?
(a) The white people who owned the post office.
(b) The white people wh took her children.
(c) The white people who owned the ranch.
(d) The white people who brought her children back.

3. Who is Ayah unable to find in the bar?
(a) Chato.
(b) The police.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Her children.

4. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?
(a) They are traditional shoes.
(b) They keep a person's legs warm.
(c) They keep a person's legs dry in the snow.
(d) They are handmade.

5. Who is the main character in the story?
(a) Chato.
(b) Ayah.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Ella.

Short Answer Questions

1. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?

2. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

3. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?

4. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?

5. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?

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