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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Josiah doing when he dies?
(a) He is working on the roof of the house
(b) He is with his mistress
(c) He is searching for the cattle
(d) He is cleaning out the barn

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

3. What does Josiah tell Tayo is the reason the cattle prices are down?
(a) Because all the cattle are being taken to the army posts
(b) People are not buying because of the war
(c) Because of the drought
(d) He does not tell Tayo anything about cattle prices

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

5. What does Robert tell Tayo the elders have said when Tayo tells Robert he is ready to help?
(a) That Tayo must move off the reservation
(b) The elders do not discuss Tayo with Robert
(c) That Tayo is going to be elected to the council
(d) That Tayo needs to get help

6. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?
(a) Nothing
(b) The books are written by scientist so one should follow their advice
(c) The books are written by white idiots
(d) The books will not help with raising cattle

7. What does the medicine man tell Tayo to do after they walk Tayo through the Ceremony?
(a) Go to sleep
(b) Eat
(c) Go home
(d) Walk it once on his own

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

9. To what tribe do the two Indians belong who get coins from Tayo when he and Robert are on the bridge?
(a) Lagunas
(b) Hopis
(c) Zunis
(d) Navajos

10. What does Tayo do when Emo keeps talking about killing Japanese?
(a) He smashes a beer bottle over Emo’s head
(b) He leaves the bar
(c) He knifes Emo in the arm
(d) He jumps up and calls Emo a killer

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

12. What does Auntie take from Tayo when he is a small boy and will not return to him?
(a) A picture of his father
(b) The name and address of his father
(c) A letter from his mother
(d) A picture of his mother

13. How does Ts’eh match up plants and stones when she is sorting them on her table?
(a) By color
(b) By texture
(c) By patterns
(d) By size

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

15. Why does Tayo think that white people have nothing?
(a) He does not like technology
(b) They do not realize they are ruining the earth
(c) Everything the white people have was stolen from the Indians
(d) They are being destroyed by their greed

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the children call Tayo’s eyes when he was growing up?

2. Who told Sun Man how to win the clouds back from the Gambler?

3. How did the medicine man get to Chicago in 1903?

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

5. What does the woman with reddish hair do when white men come to harass the women at the arroyo?

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