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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. Why does the Helen Jean leave the bar?

2. What happens to Rocky and Tayo the first day they are in Oakland?

3. Why does Auntie always watch Tayo more closely than Rocky when they were growing up?

4. What are the two names that all of creation is said to have in modern times?

5. Upon what does Harley come riding up when he finds Tayo and asks for a beer?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens to Tayo after he attacks Emo?

3. What does Tayo find out when he returns to his family?

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

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

6. How does Josiah’s sister feel about Night Swan?

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

8. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

9. What does Tayo do when his friends leave in the morning what does he come to realize?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The medicine man's voice of reason, enlightenment and healing makes a very powerful statement.

Discuss the ways in which the medicine man’s talks with Tayo helped Tayo to heal. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Ceremony belongs to the Native American fiction genre.

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the Native American fiction genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a Native American fiction and a science fiction novel or a mystery?

Essay Topic 3

This writer, a Native American herself, is communicating a way her own people can adapt to the changes that have taken place and are taking place in their own world while hanging on to their own identity at the same time.

Discuss at least three ways which Silko advocates can help her people adapt to the changes in their culture while continuing to hold onto their own cultural identity. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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