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

2. Why does Josiah send Tayo with a note to Josiah’s mistress?
(a) Josiah does not want to face his mistress again
(b) Tayo is going into Cubero anyway
(c) It is raining and he will be too busy
(d) Josiah cannot get away from Auntie

3. Why does Tayo shake the branches on the tree outside Ts’eh’s house?
(a) To get the blanket off a branch
(b) To watch the snow fall
(c) To make a pattern for divination
(d) To get the snow off so the branches do not break

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

5. What is playing on the juke box at the Y bar when Tayo and the others enter the bar?
(a) A Mexican polka
(b) A love ballad
(c) A World War II military song
(d) A cowboy country western

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of tool does Tayo carry with him when he is looking for the cattle?

2. What does the medicine man say about living so close to Gallup?

3. What does the old Mexican man bring Tayo when Tayo is at the café?

4. Why does Tayo suddenly tell Rocky he cannot go to the army?

5. Where do Josiah and Tayo fill up their water barrels?

(see the answer key)

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