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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 painted on the war shield that is at Tayo’s house when he returns from finding the cattle?
(a) A Navajo war chief
(b) A cave with a spring in it
(c) A horse
(d) A night sky with stars

2. What does Tayo feel about the medicine man’s possessions?
(a) There are too few of them
(b) They are cast-offs of the white people
(c) They are holy
(d) They are too disorganized

3. What does Ku'oosh place on Tayo’s stomach before he leaves?
(a) Two ears of corn
(b) A bag of tobacco
(c) A bundle of tea leaves
(d) A rattlesnake skin

4. What does Shush, the name of the medicine man’s helper mean in English?
(a) Horse
(b) Fox
(c) Coyote
(d) Bear

5. What is unusual about the pine tree where Tayo makes a hole in the fence where his cattle are located?
(a) It has grown into one tree with an oak
(b) It is bent over so that it top almost touches the ground
(c) It has been split by lightning
(d) It has three trunks

Short Answer Questions

1. What is behind the bar at Cerritos?

2. Who bootlegs beer to the Indians?

3. When Tayo and the medicine man leave his home, what is the medicine man riding?

4. How does Ts’eh have Tayo’s cattle corralled?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How does Rocky’s mother feel about him going off to war and what does Tayo tell her?

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

4. What does Betonie say when Tayo says he wants to find Josiah’s cattle?

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

6. How does Tayo free the cattle and what kind of animal does he see when he is freeing the cattle?

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

8. Who are the family members who are kind to Tayo?

9. What does Tayo watch his friends do from a boulder above them?

10. What does Tayo do when his friends leave in the morning what does he come to realize?

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