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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. Who does Tayo keep thinking he sees as being dead?
(a) Rocky
(b) Josiah
(c) A yellow-stripped cat
(d) His mother

2. What is the north side of Gallup called?
(a) The Freezer
(b) The Reservation
(c) Little Africa
(d) Sundown

3. What was wrong with the wool blankets the army gave the Indians in the 1800’s?
(a) They were infected with smallpox
(b) They were moth eaten
(c) They were all green
(d) They were more cotton than wool

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the blond girl on the calendar in the store holding in her hand?

4. Where does Josiah have the cattle unloaded?

5. Who is Descheeny married to when he brings a Mexican girl to his home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

2. Where does Tayo end up finding the cattle again with the man’s help?

3. What does Tayo do with his memories of Night Swan and Josiah?

4. What is the difference between Tayo’s life as a soldier and his life as a civilian on a reservation?

5. How is Tayo treated as a child by the village?

6. What are Tayo’s symptoms after he leaves the hospital and how does a Japanese person help him?

7. What does Betonie tell Tayo about change and trust?

8. How is Rocky different from Tayo and what does Rocky want to do when he is an adult?

9. Why does Tayo’s aunt dislike Tayo and Tayo’s mother?

10. How are the cattle branded and what does Josiah do about that?

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