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

2. What does Tayo say no one is allowed to do to an invisible one?
(a) Take a picture
(b) Walk with one
(c) Talk to them
(d) Feed them

3. What does Tayo's sergeant tell the men to do that Tayo is unable to do?
(a) Beat up another American soldier
(b) Kill young children
(c) Bury evidence
(d) Kill unarmed Japanese prisoners

4. Where is Thought-Woman sitting in the opening poem?
(a) Under a tree
(b) In a creek bed
(c) On top of a mountain
(d) In her room

5. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about the Japanese?
(a) They are pushed to war by bad spirits
(b) They were related to the Indians 30,000 years ago
(c) They are part of the white sickness
(d) He does not mention the Japanese

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why was Betonie’s grandmother thrown out of her village when she was born?

3. What does Emo say about the white people as he plays with the Japanese teeth?

4. What does Robert tell Tayo the elders have said when Tayo tells Robert he is ready to help?

5. Who does the woman tell Josiah she dances for in the present?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How do Josiah and the boys learn about cattle care?

3. How does Rocky end up dead?

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

5. What does the woman tell Tayo when she sees him again and what is his response?

6. What does Tayo think about the cattle in the book compared to his uncle’s cattle?

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

8. How does Rocky and Auntie feel about Josiah’s decision on how to take care of the cattle?

9. What does the herd of cattle do as soon as they are unloaded and what does Josiah tell Tayo about their behavior?

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

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