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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Who goes to church on Sundays with Auntie?
(a) No one
(b) The children
(c) Josiah
(d) Old Grandma

4. Why did the sergeant from Isleta get a bronze star in the war?
(a) For saving the company commander
(b) For blowing up a Japanese torpedo boat
(c) For infiltrating enemy lines and killing a Japanese general
(d) For destroying a bunker full of Japanese

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Emo is banished from the Pueblo, where does he go?

2. What does Emo carry in his little bag?

3. What does Tayo do when Emo will not leave him alone at the bar?

4. Why are some of the cattles’ necks scraped?

5. What does Tayo say an Indian should avoid in Gallup?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tayo find out when he returns to his family?

2. What does Ku'oosh say to Tayo after Tayo talks to Ku'oosh and what does Ku'oosh leave Tayo? What is Tayo’s response?

3. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

4. How does Robert begin to break through to Tayo and why might Robert be a good person to talk to his nephew?

5. What does Ku'oosh talk to Tayo about?

6. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

7. What happens to the family’s shepherd, Harley, the dog and the sheep?

8. How does Rocky end up dead?

9. What does Tayo remember about Josiah and Night Swan?

10. Why do the two ranch hands leave Tayo alone?

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