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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the poem "Ceremony" at the beginning of the book, what tries to destroy the stories?
(a) Evil
(b) Assumptions
(c) Humans
(d) Lies

2. Where does Old Grandma sit during the day most of the time?
(a) At the river
(b) Under the Elm tree
(c) By the stove
(d) In her bedroom

3. Who is Descheeny married to when he brings a Mexican girl to his home?
(a) A Navajo medicine woman
(b) Three sisters
(c) Twins
(d) A white woman

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ts’eh have Tayo’s cattle corralled?

2. What happens to the willows in the arroyo?

3. How does Harley get a mirror outside the Y bar?

4. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about what witchery does?

5. Where do Harley and Tayo pick up a ride after they leave the spring?

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