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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?
(a) World War I.
(b) Korean War.
(c) Vietnam War.
(d) World War II.

2. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?
(a) The edge of Cebolleta Creek.
(b) In the woods.
(c) On the mesa.
(d) Outside her hogan.

3. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?
(a) He stopped contacting her.
(b) The earth swallowed him up.
(c) He never came home.
(d) He moved away.

4. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?
(a) A medicine man.
(b) A uniformed man dressed in a khaki uniform.
(c) A Navajo man with a government worker.
(d) Chato.

5. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?
(a) A boxcar shack on the white man's ranch.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) In a teepee.
(d) In a hogan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?

2. What is Jimmie's birth order?

3. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?

4. What branch of the military did Jimmie go into?

5. What is the overall tone of the first half of the story?

(see the answer key)

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