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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fear does Tayo hear in Auntie’s voice when Tayo is a boy?
(a) Fear of Rocky liking Tayo
(b) Fear of losing Tayo
(c) Fear of Josiah
(d) Fear of being trapped in the oldest ways

2. What does Harley have in his hand when the friends stop to pick up Tayo who is walking on the side of the road?
(a) A gun
(b) Two bottles of Garden Deluxe Tokay
(c) A camera
(d) Two cold beers

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

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 is in love with an Indian girl in another village
(c) He cannot produce a birth certificate
(d) He cannot pretend to be Rocky’s brother

5. When Tayo and the medicine man leave his home, what is the medicine man riding?
(a) A palomino
(b) A burro
(c) A mule
(d) An old pinto horse

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the woman tell Josiah she dances for in the present?

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

3. Who can help the man who believes he is a coyote, according to Indian legend?

4. Why does the Helen Jean leave the bar?

5. Where does Ulibarri live?

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