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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of victims is Descheeny known to be able to help?
(a) Men returning from war
(b) Drug addicts
(c) Women who have been abused by men
(d) People tainted by Christianity or liquor

2. Why was Betonie’s grandmother thrown out of her village when she was born?
(a) She is born on a double full moon
(b) She has hazel eyes
(c) Her mother has no pain when she is born
(d) She is born with a caul

3. What is behind the bar at Cerritos?
(a) A garage
(b) A barrel cactus that is fifteen feet tall
(c) A large pond
(d) A field of corn

4. What does Tayo decide to do with the note when the door is not answered?
(a) Tack it to the door frame
(b) Slide it under her door
(c) Leave it in the bar
(d) Tape it to the window

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

6. What is the name of the medicine man that Ku'oosh wants Tayo to see?
(a) Passh’ha
(b) Victor
(c) Red Sun
(d) Betonie

7. What does Josiah tell Tayo is the reason for droughts?
(a) The white man abuses the land
(b) When people forget and misbehave
(c) The sun has changed its position
(d) The wind is too wild

8. Where does Tayo's mother live?
(a) In an apartment in Gallup
(b) She is homeless
(c) In a trailer on the Sioux reservation
(d) In a house in Santa Fe

9. Where did the medicine man see Geronimo on display?
(a) Albuquerque
(b) St. Louis
(c) Tulsa
(d) Santa Fe

10. What does Ku’oosh smell like?
(a) Lavender
(b) Vanilla
(c) Mutton tallow and sagebrush
(d) Mountain laurel and campfire smoke

11. What kind of job does Helen Jean get in Gallup?
(a) Secretary
(b) Waitress
(c) Cook
(d) Theater janitor

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

13. What is the name of the Apache sheepherder Auntie has?
(a) Mike
(b) White Cloud
(c) Daniel
(d) Geronimo

14. Where do Harley and Tayo pick up a ride after they leave the spring?
(a) Nowhere, they are riding
(b) Near the edge of the desert barrio
(c) On the Acoma Road
(d) At Harley’s house

15. Where does Ulibarri live?
(a) Las Cruce
(b) Magdalena
(c) El Paso
(d) San Angelo

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about who the medicine man’s grandmother was?

2. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?

3. What color of sheets are on the bed at Josiah’s mistress’s home?

4. What does "she" say is the only cure in the four-line poem, "What She Said"?

5. When Tayo and the medicine man leave his home, what is the medicine man riding?

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