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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Emo suggests the men do since they fought a white man’s war and still are stuck on a dried up reservation?
(a) Kill the white president
(b) Go to law school and fight the laws
(c) Get their hands on some white women
(d) Rejoin the army

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

3. What is Tayo’s mother doing before he is born that his Auntie sees?
(a) Standing under a cottonwood tree naked
(b) Dancing in the moonlight
(c) Swimming in the river with a white man
(d) Kneeling under the old oak and crying

4. What does Tayo say when Leroy offers him a drink while in the truck?
(a) He does not like the brand of wine
(b) He is attending AA
(c) He would like a beer
(d) His stomach is too sick for drinking

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

6. How old is Tayo when his mother leaves him?
(a) Six
(b) Two
(c) Five
(d) Four

7. What animal does Tayo see as he is laying in the pine needles where he fell while looking for the cattle inside the fence?
(a) Mountain lion
(b) Wolf
(c) Coyote
(d) Deer

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

10. When does Lalo retire and close his bar?
(a) After the war
(b) Right before the war starts
(c) He still has the bar
(d) During the war

11. What kind of fur vest is the hunter who Tayo meets walking wear?
(a) Deer
(b) Mountain lion
(c) Rabbit
(d) Beaver

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

13. What does the medicine man tell Tayo is the reason Tayo is having a difficult time getting well?
(a) Tayo does not believe he is sick
(b) Tayo must forgive himself first
(c) Tayo does not want to get well
(d) Forces are trying to keep Tayo from completing the Ceremony

14. With what creature is Thought-Woman associated?
(a) Wolf
(b) Spider
(c) Butterfly
(d) Coyote

15. What does the teacher at the school call the Indian stories about the world?
(a) The teacher at a white school does not know the old stories
(b) Truth from a different perspective
(c) Superstition
(d) Interesting fiction

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Emo carry in his little bag?

2. Why do the two cowboys chasing Tayo leave not take him back to their boss?

3. Who goes to church on Sundays with Auntie?

4. Why does medicine man say deeds and titles mean nothing to Mount Taylor?

5. What color is the beard of the store keeper where Tayo tries to buy some candy?

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