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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of horses did Chato once ride when he works at the white man's ranch?
(a) Quarter horses.
(b) Stallions.
(c) Thoroughbreds.
(d) Mares.

2. What languages does Chato speak?
(a) Spanish and Navajo.
(b) English and Navajo.
(c) Spanish and English.
(d) English, Spanish, and Navajo.

3. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?
(a) Play.
(b) Speak Navajo.
(c) Work.
(d) Hug.

4. What are the components of a hogan?
(a) A dirt roof and rock walls.
(b) A thatched roof with windows.
(c) A paved floor and a front door.
(d) A dirt floor and stone roof.

5. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?
(a) Whisper.
(b) Reach across the hogan to her.
(c) Hug her.
(d) Cry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?

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

3. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?

4. Where does the story take place?

5. After Chato's return with the brown box, what does he do the first of every month?

(see the answer key)

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