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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Beautiful son.
(b) Love.
(c) Brave soldier.
(d) Summer morning.

2. Where does Ayah remember her mother taking her after the birth of her oldest son?
(a) To the elder.
(b) To an oracle.
(c) To her hogan for sleep.
(d) To the birthing stone.

3. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?
(a) A cottonwood.
(b) An oak.
(c) A redwood.
(d) A giving tree.

4. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?
(a) She cursed him.
(b) She distanced herself from him.
(c) She slapped him.
(d) She moved out.

5. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She hid them and herself in the hills.
(b) She shot at them with a gun.
(c) She cursed them.
(d) She fought them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is one characteristic of Ayah's mother's woven blankets?

2. What color was the item Jimmie sent to Ayah?

3. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?

4. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?

5. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?

(see the answer key)

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