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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 does Helen Jean do for a living in her hometown before she moves to Gallup?
(a) Bartender
(b) Waitress
(c) Hotel maid
(d) Cook for a missionary

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

3. What does the medicine man do when Tayo wakes and the medicine man sits down with Tayo?
(a) Fills a peace pipe and passes it to Tayo
(b) Tayo does not sleep after the Ceremony
(c) Rolls a cigarette and smokes
(d) Tayo does not see the medicine man after the Ceremony

4. How do the living animals feel about witches?
(a) They are terrified of them
(b) They cannot recognize them
(c) They are curious about them
(d) They love them

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the poem "Ceremony" at the beginning of the book, what tries to destroy the stories?

2. What fear does Tayo hear in Auntie’s voice when Tayo is a boy?

3. In one of the poems, who is Reed Woman's sister?

4. To what tribe do the two Indians belong who get coins from Tayo when he and Robert are on the bridge?

5. Why does Josiah not brand the cows when he first gets them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Betonie tell Tayo about why Tayo saw Indian faces in the Japanese?

3. What kind of Indian is Tayo and what are his earliest memories of his mother?

4. What does Tayo first do when he leaves Betonie?

5. How does Rocky end up dead?

6. Where does Robert take Tayo at Ku'oosh’s suggestion and how does Tayo feel when he gets there? How does Tayo’s feelings change?

7. What does Tayo first do when he goes to hunt for the cattle?

8. How does Tayo prefer to sleep and how does Old Grandma and Robert feel around Tayo?

9. What does Tayo tell Ku'oosh about the war and about the drought?

10. How does Josiah feel about Tayo and how does Josiah treat Tayo?

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