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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 say is the reason new ceremonies need to be created?
(a) They cannot find all the elements necessary for the old ceremonies
(b) Things shift and change around them
(c) He does not think the ceremonies need to be changed
(d) White people have ruined the old ceremonies

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

3. Why does Tayo suddenly tell Rocky he cannot go to the army?
(a) He cannot produce a birth certificate
(b) He cannot pretend to be Rocky’s brother
(c) Tayo forgot he had promised Josiah he would always stay to help on the reservation
(d) He is in love with an Indian girl in another village

4. What do the children in north Gallup learn to do before they learn to walk?
(a) Sing as they beg
(b) Find treasures in the garbage
(c) Avoid fists and feet
(d) Hide out from the truant officers

5. Where is Tayo's father from?
(a) Gallup
(b) Tasco
(c) Santa Fe
(d) Lubbuck

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job does Helen Jean get in Gallup?

2. What does Rocky wish for when he and Tayo throw money off the bridge in San Diego?

3. Why does Tayo think that white people have nothing?

4. Why do the two cowboys chasing Tayo leave not take him back to their boss?

5. Out of what did the old male Indians whittle toothpicks?

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