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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?
(a) She thinks that her shoes are too large.
(b) She thinks she needs to get new ones.
(c) She remembers her traditional shoes of moccasins.
(d) She remembers going barefoot in the summer.

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

3. Who are the Yeibechei?
(a) The elders.
(b) Another Native American tribe.
(c) Navajo holy people.
(d) Ayah's relatives.

4. Where did Ayah escape to after she lost her last two children?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) The hills.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) A hogan.

5. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?
(a) With hope.
(b) With love.
(c) Like the men in the bar do.
(d) With anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is located at the far corner of the bar?

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

3. What are the first smells that greet Ayah when she opens the door of the bar?

4. How does remembering make Ayah feel?

5. What does Ayah believe the people in the bar feel about her being in the bar?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the environment of the hills take away Ayah's and the children's fear and anger?

2. What do the scars on Chato's hands symbolize?

3. What does Jimmie's true Navajo name being reduced to something as common as "Jimmie" in English say about the white man?

4. Why was the blonde woman afraid of when she brought Ella and Danny back to visit Ayah?

5. Why did Ayah search for Chato?

6. Why does Silko make a point of stating that the white doctors came before they hire Navajo women to go with them as interpreters?

7. What is the significance of Ayah recognizing one of the white doctors who came to her home?

8. Why did Ayah feel relieved that the wine and the government money were gone?

9. What does Ayah recognize about Chato's drinking?

10. What is the significance of Ayah fleeing with the children to the hills?

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