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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the children call Tayo’s eyes when he was growing up?
(a) Mexican eyes
(b) White man’s eyes
(c) Bedroom eyes
(d) Wimp eyes

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

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 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) Two cold beers
(d) A camera

5. How did the medicine man get to Chicago in 1903?
(a) He walked
(b) By train
(c) He rode a horse
(d) On a bus

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Rocky and Tayo the first day they are in Oakland?

2. What does Harley say riding in the truck at top speed is better than?

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

4. Upon what does Harley come riding up when he finds Tayo and asks for a beer?

5. What does Tayo do when Emo will not leave him alone at the bar?

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