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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who bought the Ford coupe that Tayo’s friends pick him up in to go to the bar?
(a) Emo
(b) Tayo
(c) Leroy
(d) Harley

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

5. What does the medicine man say about living so close to Gallup?
(a) The town is out of place
(b) The town belongs to the land
(c) He is thinking about moving
(d) He hates it

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

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

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

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

10. What is the main thing wrong with white people, according to the creation legend?
(a) They do not know what happened to their souls
(b) Their souls separate from their bodies when they are born
(c) They cannot feel the path of light because their aura is too dense
(d) They see only objects and not living creatures or living earth

11. What is Tayo's heritage?
(a) Luguna and a white man
(b) Luguna and Pueblo
(c) Anastzia and Pueblo
(d) Cree and Sioux

12. What does Tayo do when he goes into the corn field one night?
(a) Strips the corn from the plants
(b) Smashes the melons growing there
(c) Lays down to watch the corn above him
(d) Draws a crop circle

13. What color of sheets are on the bed at Josiah’s mistress’s home?
(a) White
(b) Blue
(c) Red
(d) Tan

14. What fear does Tayo hear in Auntie’s voice when Tayo is a boy?
(a) Fear of being trapped in the oldest ways
(b) Fear of losing Tayo
(c) Fear of Rocky liking Tayo
(d) Fear of Josiah

15. Why does Auntie always watch Tayo more closely than Rocky when they were growing up?
(a) Rocky was innately good
(b) Tayo always need more attention
(c) Rocky was her own son and she had to raise him
(d) Tayo had a more promising future

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Tayo sleep the night when the cowboys let him go?

2. Where does Helen Jean live before she moves to Gallup?

3. What does Floyd Lee call his miles of barbed wire fencing?

4. Why does Tayo suddenly tell Rocky he cannot go to the army?

5. What does Tayo's sergeant tell the men to do that Tayo is unable to do?

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