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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who can help the man who believes he is a coyote, according to Indian legend?
(a) Witchery from a chief’s daughter
(b) Ingesting peyote with a priest
(c) Any medicine man
(d) The four old bear people

2. In May where does Tayo tell his family he is going to go?
(a) To Gallup
(b) To the ranch
(c) To California
(d) To the spring cave

3. Why does Auntie keep Josiah very busy?
(a) She does not keep him busy
(b) So he will be too tired to date
(c) So he cannot go to Cubero
(d) So he will not drink alcoholic drinks

4. What happens to the willows in the arroyo?
(a) They are burned up when a streak of lightning hits them
(b) A flash flood up roots them
(c) Drunk men chopped them down
(d) Nothing

5. How do the living animals feel about witches?
(a) They cannot recognize them
(b) They are terrified of them
(c) They love them
(d) They are curious about them

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

7. What fell out of the tree when the Indians were on a raid that told them someone was in the tree?
(a) A pair of boots
(b) Some apples
(c) A sombrero
(d) A blue shawl

8. In what three colors does the medicine man paint paw prints next to bear footprints?
(a) Blue, yellow, and white
(b) Red, yellow, and black
(c) Brown, green and blue
(d) Purple, black and white

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

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

11. What do the children in north Gallup learn to do before they learn to walk?
(a) Find treasures in the garbage
(b) Hide out from the truant officers
(c) Avoid fists and feet
(d) Sing as they beg

12. According to the poem "Ceremony" at the beginning of the book, what tries to destroy the stories?
(a) Humans
(b) Assumptions
(c) Evil
(d) Lies

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

14. With what were the walls of the Ts’eh’s cabin plastered?
(a) Joint compound
(b) Gray mud
(c) Black porcelain mud
(d) Red Clay

15. What does the Irishman call out to Emo when the Irishman knocks on Emo’s door when Emo is with a redhead woman?
(a) Cross-breed
(b) Geronimo
(c) Stinkin Indin
(d) Custer

Short Answer Questions

1. What is behind the bar at Cerritos?

2. What does Emo say about the white people as he plays with the Japanese teeth?

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

4. What does Tayo dream about the night he sleeps with Ts’eh?

5. Who does the woman tell Josiah she dances for in the present?

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