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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 Tayo watching from the cab of the truck as he is riding with Leroy and Harley?
(a) The billboards
(b) Grasshoppers
(c) The woman in the truck
(d) The telephone poles

2. Where does Ulibarri live?
(a) Las Cruce
(b) San Angelo
(c) Magdalena
(d) El Paso

3. Why does medicine man say deeds and titles mean nothing to Mount Taylor?
(a) The mountain cannot read
(b) The Indians belong to the mountain
(c) The white people will all die out and the mountain will still stand
(d) The mountain will kill the white people and bury their deeds and titles

4. Who bootlegs beer to the Indians?
(a) The Red Rooster Tavern
(b) Petricia
(c) Lalo
(d) Stan Blackburn

5. Into what mountains does Tayo, the medicine man, and Shush ride?
(a) Chuska Mountains
(b) Los Padres Mountains
(c) Taylor Mountains
(d) Withalacoochie Mountains

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Auntie tell Tayo and Old Grandma is the way that Pinkie dies?

2. How does Harley get a mirror outside the Y bar?

3. What was wrong with the wool blankets the army gave the Indians in the 1800’s?

4. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?

5. How old is Tayo when his mother leaves him?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

5. Where are Tayo and Rocky sent, what kind of problem does Tayo have there and what does Rocky do to try and help Tayo?

6. Why does Tayo’s aunt dislike Tayo and Tayo’s mother?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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