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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who bought the Ford coupe that Tayo’s friends pick him up in to go to the bar?

2. Where does Old Grandma sit during the day most of the time?

3. Who does Tayo keep thinking he sees as being dead?

4. What do Robert and Tayo take to Pinkie out at the sheep camp?

5. What is Tayo's heritage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ku'oosh say to Tayo after Tayo talks to Ku'oosh and what does Ku'oosh leave Tayo? What is Tayo’s response?

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

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

4. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

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

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

7. How does Rocky end up dead?

8. How does a woman help Tayo find the cattle?

9. What does Tayo first do when he goes to hunt for the cattle?

10. How does Tayo free the cattle and what kind of animal does he see when he is freeing the cattle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Analyze and discuss what you think are the characteristics of a successful novel and why Ceremony is or is not a successful novel based on your criteria. Do you think the criteria for a successful novel should be different if it is written for adults versus young adults?

Essay Topic 2

When Ku'oosh comes to Tayo, he brings medicines — the Indian tea and the blue corn, but he also brings stories, another form of medicine.

Discuss why stories might help a person dealing with mental or emotional agony. What are two stories Tayo is told and how do you think they related to his situation?

Essay Topic 3

In the various sexual encounters in the story, we see that Indian attitudes about morality and behavior that are different from that of the white culture.

Compare and contrast the differences between Indian and white culture’s attitudes towards morality and behavior. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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