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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Auntie always watch Tayo more closely than Rocky when they were growing up?
(a) Rocky was her own son and she had to raise him
(b) Tayo always need more attention
(c) Rocky was innately good
(d) Tayo had a more promising future

2. What is the name of the Apache sheepherder Auntie has?
(a) White Cloud
(b) Mike
(c) Geronimo
(d) Daniel

3. Why does Josiah’s mistress leave the village?
(a) She gets married
(b) She dies
(c) Josiah dies
(d) She goes home to care for her elderly mother

4. How does the medicine man Tayo is sent to wear his hair?
(a) It is cut short like the military
(b) Tied in a chongo knot with red yarn
(c) In a single braid down his back
(d) It is shoulder length and wavy

5. How did white people come to be, according to the medicine man?
(a) A white god from another universe placed them on the earth
(b) They were all born at the same time but took different paths through evolution
(c) The Great Spirit created them to teach Indians courage
(d) They were created by Indian witchery

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the medicine man that Ku'oosh wants Tayo to see?

2. Why does Helen Jean go to the bars and hang out with the Indian men?

3. What does the army recruiter tell Tayo and Rocky about joining the military?

4. What does Tayo tell Betonie about the Ceremony Betonie has performed?

5. Where does Old Grandma sit during the day most of the time?

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