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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 the Irishman call out to Emo when the Irishman knocks on Emo’s door when Emo is with a redhead woman?
(a) Cross-breed
(b) Stinkin Indin
(c) Geronimo
(d) Custer

2. Why is Tayo happy it starts snowing the morning after his encounter with the fence patrol?
(a) It will mean they will not be able to track him
(b) He likes it when the land looks new with snow on it
(c) It will bring water to the land
(d) He will be able to bury himself in the snow to sleep that night

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

4. What does Tayo tell Ku'oosh about Tayo’s experience in the war?
(a) He never killed one enemy
(b) He killed too many innocent people
(c) He watched his best friend die
(d) He refuses to talk about the war at all

5. What do the doctors say is the cause of battle fatigue?
(a) They do not know what causes it
(b) Seeing others killed
(c) The noise of gunfire and bombs
(d) Malnourishment

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie take from Tayo when he is a small boy and will not return to him?

2. How is Tayo able to anticipate Auntie’s mood?

3. For what is Reed Woman scolded by her sister?

4. What does Floyd Lee call his miles of barbed wire fencing?

5. What does Tayo decide to do with the note when the door is not answered?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How does Tayo and Rocky end up in the military and how do they end up stationed together?

7. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

8. What does Betonie do when he takes Tayo up into the foothills? How does Tayo respond?

9. What happens when Tayo is knocked unconscious and then wakes?

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

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