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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old Mexican man bring Tayo when Tayo is at the café?
(a) A bowl of menudo
(b) Salsa and chips
(c) A tostada
(d) Fried chicken

2. Out of what did the old male Indians whittle toothpicks?
(a) Cacti thorns
(b) Hickory branches
(c) Tumbleweed
(d) Pinon twigs

3. Why does Auntie keep Josiah very busy?
(a) So he cannot go to Cubero
(b) So he will not drink alcoholic drinks
(c) She does not keep him busy
(d) So he will be too tired to date

4. Why does Tayo suddenly tell Rocky he cannot go to the army?
(a) Tayo forgot he had promised Josiah he would always stay to help on the reservation
(b) He cannot pretend to be Rocky’s brother
(c) He cannot produce a birth certificate
(d) He is in love with an Indian girl in another village

5. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about the Japanese?
(a) They were related to the Indians 30,000 years ago
(b) He does not mention the Japanese
(c) They are part of the white sickness
(d) They are pushed to war by bad spirits

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie take from Tayo when he is a small boy and will not return to him?

2. What is the name of the Apache sheepherder Auntie has?

3. What does Helen Jean do for a living in her hometown before she moves to Gallup?

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

5. What is painted on the war shield that is at Tayo’s house when he returns from finding the cattle?

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