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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Tayo say an Indian should avoid in Gallup?
(a) Any of the bars on the east side
(b) Wearing a cowboy hat if you are an Indian
(c) Going to any of the brothels on the south side
(d) Being in Gallup after dark

3. What does Emo say about the white people as he plays with the Japanese teeth?
(a) It would take five white soldiers to equal one Indian soldier
(b) They should have been able to beat the Japanese in one year
(c) They are not as fierce as the Japanese
(d) They have too much and the Indians should go and take it from them

4. Why does Josiah send Tayo with a note to Josiah’s mistress?
(a) Tayo is going into Cubero anyway
(b) Josiah cannot get away from Auntie
(c) It is raining and he will be too busy
(d) Josiah does not want to face his mistress again

5. What does the teacher at the school call the Indian stories about the world?
(a) Truth from a different perspective
(b) Superstition
(c) The teacher at a white school does not know the old stories
(d) Interesting fiction

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the medicine man say white people are to witchery?

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

3. Why does Josiah’s mistress leave the village?

4. What type of tool does Tayo carry with him when he is looking for the cattle?

5. How does Ts’eh match up plants and stones when she is sorting them on her table?

(see the answer key)

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