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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. Where does Tayo want to go when he wakes up crying and dreaming about Josiah?
(a) A cave where he and Rocky used to stay for days at a time
(b) His cousin's old RV out on the edge of the reservation
(c) The bar where his mother works
(d) The veteran's hospital

2. How do the living animals feel about witches?
(a) They cannot recognize them
(b) They are curious about them
(c) They are terrified of them
(d) They love them

3. What does Harley have in his hand when the friends stop to pick up Tayo who is walking on the side of the road?
(a) Two bottles of Garden Deluxe Tokay
(b) A camera
(c) Two cold beers
(d) A gun

4. What is the worst thing for Tayo when in the war?
(a) The sound of crickets
(b) The sound of artillery exploding
(c) The lack of privacy
(d) The rain

5. What is the name of the medicine man that Ku'oosh wants Tayo to see?
(a) Victor
(b) Red Sun
(c) Betonie
(d) Passh’ha

Short Answer Questions

1. What animal went to the mother of the people during a drought and asked forgiveness for the people?

2. What kind and what color of truck does Josiah drive?

3. What did all the Navajos do in the white school when the teacher brought out a tub of dead frogs to dissect?

4. What kind of fur vest is the hunter who Tayo meets walking wear?

5. What is unusual about the pine tree where Tayo makes a hole in the fence where his cattle are located?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Tayo’s mother do with him when he is four?

2. What do Tayo’s friends do when they come again and what does he do first?

3. Where is Tayo when his friends find him and what does Tayo tell himself about them?

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

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

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