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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Josiah not brand the cows when he first gets them?
(a) They are too young
(b) He wants to fatten them up first
(c) He has the Mexican brand on his bill of sale
(d) He has no brand

2. Why are some of the cattles’ necks scraped?
(a) The white people use them for Texas roping
(b) Their necks are not messed up
(c) They ran into the walls of the arroyo
(d) They kept trying to get past the barbed wire

3. How is Tayo able to anticipate Auntie’s mood?
(a) By how high her voice is when she speaks
(b) By what television show she has on
(c) By watching her face
(d) By what she cooks

4. What does Josiah tell Tayo is the reason the cattle prices are down?
(a) He does not tell Tayo anything about cattle prices
(b) People are not buying because of the war
(c) Because of the drought
(d) Because all the cattle are being taken to the army posts

5. What does Auntie tell Tayo and Old Grandma is the way that Pinkie dies?
(a) Pinkie does not get killed
(b) Leroy stabbed him in the heart
(c) Emo shoots him in the back of the head
(d) He is hit by a car

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman with reddish hair do when white men come to harass the women at the arroyo?

2. Out of what did the old male Indians whittle toothpicks?

3. How does the Japanese soldier kill Rocky?

4. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?

5. How many years has it been dry since Tayo prayed the rain away?

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