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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 happens to Harley when he left the sheep he was watching and left his horse tied by the road?
(a) He ended up in the jail at Los Lunas
(b) He was mugged and wounded badly
(c) He met a white woman who took him to Las Vegas
(d) He was recruited by a cattle rancher to work branding week

2. Where did the medicine man see Geronimo on display?
(a) Santa Fe
(b) Tulsa
(c) Albuquerque
(d) St. Louis

3. What do Robert and Tayo take to Pinkie out at the sheep camp?
(a) Pinkie’s girl friend
(b) Soda pop and comic books
(c) Rented movies
(d) Wool blankets

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

5. Where did the medicine man first go to school?
(a) Salt Lake City
(b) Gallup
(c) Tahoe
(d) Riverside, Ca

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is Thought-Woman sitting in the opening poem?

3. Why does Tayo think that white people have nothing?

4. Where do Josiah and Tayo fill up their water barrels?

5. How does Ts’eh match up plants and stones when she is sorting them on her table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Of what does Tayo dream as he and Robert prepare for winter? What does Tayo decide to do because of the dreams?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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