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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 medicine man tell Tayo about who the medicine man’s grandmother was?
(a) He did not know his grandmother
(b) She was a Navajo
(c) She was a Mexican with green eyes
(d) She was white

2. What does Tayo say an Indian should avoid in Gallup?
(a) Wearing a cowboy hat if you are an Indian
(b) Any of the bars on the east side
(c) Being in Gallup after dark
(d) Going to any of the brothels on the south side

3. Who can help the man who believes he is a coyote, according to Indian legend?
(a) The four old bear people
(b) Any medicine man
(c) Witchery from a chief’s daughter
(d) Ingesting peyote with a priest

4. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?
(a) Pinon nuts
(b) Gum drops
(c) Nothing
(d) Beef jerky

5. What happens to the willows in the arroyo?
(a) Drunk men chopped them down
(b) Nothing
(c) A flash flood up roots them
(d) They are burned up when a streak of lightning hits them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ku’oosh smell like?

2. Why does Josiah’s mistress leave the village?

3. Where does Tayo want to go when he wakes up crying and dreaming about Josiah?

4. What kind of job does Helen Jean get in Gallup?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is hired as a shepherd after Harley and how does that go?

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

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

4. How does Robert begin to break through to Tayo and why might Robert be a good person to talk to his nephew?

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

6. Who is Night Swan and how does she know Josiah?

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

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

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

10. How does Tayo start herding the cattle?

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