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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who can help the man who believes he is a coyote, according to Indian legend?
(a) Ingesting peyote with a priest
(b) Witchery from a chief’s daughter
(c) The four old bear people
(d) Any medicine man

2. With what were the walls of the Ts’eh’s cabin plastered?
(a) Gray mud
(b) Black porcelain mud
(c) Red Clay
(d) Joint compound

3. Who does Tayo keep thinking he sees as being dead?
(a) Rocky
(b) Josiah
(c) His mother
(d) A yellow-stripped cat

4. What does the medicine man tell Tayo to do after they walk Tayo through the Ceremony?
(a) Walk it once on his own
(b) Go to sleep
(c) Go home
(d) Eat

5. What does Tayo find out about cigarette butts when he is a toddler?
(a) They could be hot
(b) They would come apart if he tugged on them
(c) He would vomit if he ate them
(d) They came in different colors

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poem "Ceremony" at the beginning of the book, what tries to destroy the stories?

2. What does the medicine man tell Tayo is the reason Tayo is having a difficult time getting well?

3. How is Tayo able to anticipate Auntie’s mood?

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

5. What are the two names that all of creation is said to have in modern times?

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