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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Tayo tell Betonie about the Ceremony Betonie has performed?
(a) Tayo says he wants to pay Betonie for it
(b) Tayo says it did no good
(c) Tayo does not talk to Betonie about the Ceremony
(d) Tayo says he believes he is cured

2. Where does Josiah have the cattle unloaded?
(a) Near the windmill
(b) At the river
(c) Near the forest
(d) Out in the foothills

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

4. In one of the poems, who is Reed Woman's sister?
(a) Corn Woman
(b) Sky Woman
(c) Sand Woman
(d) Tree Woman

5. What has Rocky promised to buy Old Grandma with his army pay?
(a) A kerosene stove
(b) A sombrero
(c) A new trailer
(d) A television

6. From where is the bartender who waits on Tayo and his friends?
(a) New Orleans
(b) Gallup
(c) Albuquerque
(d) Cubero

7. Where is Thought-Woman sitting in the opening poem?
(a) In her room
(b) Under a tree
(c) On top of a mountain
(d) In a creek bed

8. What does Harley say riding in the truck at top speed is better than?
(a) Warm apple pie with vanilla ice cream
(b) Taking the roller coaster in Atlantic City
(c) Carnival rides at the Laguna festival
(d) A six pack of cold beer

9. What does Old Grandma tell Auntie Tayo needs?
(a) A sweat lodge
(b) To get into a good fight
(c) To return to the war
(d) A medicine man

10. How many years has it been dry since Tayo prayed the rain away?
(a) 1
(b) 6
(c) 0
(d) 15

11. What does Josiah and Robert do to the deer while Rocky is gutting it?
(a) Cut off its head
(b) Skin it
(c) Sprinkle cornmeal in its nose
(d) Nothing

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

13. What is the name of Auntie’s old dog who always ran after female dogs in heat?
(a) Tanker
(b) Lightning
(c) Laddie
(d) Pepper

14. What is unusual about the pine tree where Tayo makes a hole in the fence where his cattle are located?
(a) It has been split by lightning
(b) It is bent over so that it top almost touches the ground
(c) It has grown into one tree with an oak
(d) It has three trunks

15. What does Emo call Tayo because Emo thinks Tayo believes he is better than the rest of them?
(a) Uncle Tom
(b) Stuck-up
(c) Half-breed
(d) Snob

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the blond girl on the calendar in the store holding in her hand?

2. What happens to the willows in the arroyo?

3. With what does the medicine man cut Tayo’s head?

4. Where did the medicine man first go to school?

5. Why did the sergeant from Isleta get a bronze star in the war?

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