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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does the Helen Jean leave the bar?
(a) She does not like the atmosphere
(b) She is interested in a Mexican man there
(c) She has to go meet her sister
(d) Her brother came to get her

3. Who bootlegs beer to the Indians?
(a) Lalo
(b) Petricia
(c) The Red Rooster Tavern
(d) Stan Blackburn

4. What does the old Mexican man bring Tayo when Tayo is at the café?
(a) Salsa and chips
(b) A tostada
(c) A bowl of menudo
(d) Fried chicken

5. With what does the medicine man cut Tayo’s head?
(a) His hunting knife
(b) A broken bottle
(c) His pocketknife
(d) A piece of flint

6. Why does medicine man say deeds and titles mean nothing to Mount Taylor?
(a) The Indians belong to the mountain
(b) The mountain will kill the white people and bury their deeds and titles
(c) The mountain cannot read
(d) The white people will all die out and the mountain will still stand

7. What was the blond girl on the calendar in the store holding in her hand?
(a) A bottle of Coca Cola
(b) A guitar
(c) Two white doves
(d) A Mars bar

8. Why do the two cowboys chasing Tayo leave not take him back to their boss?
(a) They have to find some missing cattle
(b) They are too far from the main house
(c) They see that his bill of sale is legitimate
(d) They find some mountain lion tracks

9. What kind of hat does Descheeny wear?
(a) Coon skin hat
(b) Leather cowboy hat
(c) Badger fur hat
(d) Baseball cap

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

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

12. In which direction do the cows always run?
(a) North
(b) West
(c) East
(d) South

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

14. What does Harley say he traded for the truck he is driving?
(a) The land that was stolen from the Indians
(b) Nothing, he does not mention a trade
(c) His grandfather’s ceremonial dress
(d) His army medals and fifty dollars

15. What kind of trees do the people from the villages use for carving?
(a) Cottonwood
(b) Oak
(c) Black walnut
(d) Maple

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Tayo's father from?

2. What color is the beard of the store keeper where Tayo tries to buy some candy?

3. What is Tayo’s mother doing before he is born that his Auntie sees?

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

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

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