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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Betonie draw in the sand that he tells Tayo to remember?
(a) The pattern of some stars
(b) A type of herb for nausea
(c) How to twine vines for the next Ceremony
(d) A map

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

3. What do the old singers send to Descheeny?
(a) Any animal who is injured
(b) Bottles of liquor
(c) Patients they cannot cure
(d) Boxes of tobacco

4. When does Lalo retire and close his bar?
(a) During the war
(b) Right before the war starts
(c) After the war
(d) He still has the bar

5. What type of tool does Tayo carry with him when he is looking for the cattle?
(a) Fencing pliers
(b) Roofing hatchet
(c) Hunting knife
(d) Wire dykes

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Betonie’s grandmother thrown out of her village when she was born?

2. What animal does Tayo see as he is laying in the pine needles where he fell while looking for the cattle inside the fence?

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

4. What is Tayo watching from the cab of the truck as he is riding with Leroy and Harley?

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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