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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. Where do Josiah and Tayo fill up their water barrels?

2. What is the tribe of the woman who is in the truck with Harley and Leroy when they stop and pick up Tayo?

3. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?

4. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about who the medicine man’s grandmother was?

5. What animal does Tayo see as he is laying in the pine needles where he fell while looking for the cattle inside the fence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Rocky different from Tayo and what does Rocky want to do when he is an adult?

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

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

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

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

7. What does Betonie say when Tayo says he wants to find Josiah’s cattle?

8. What does Ku'oosh talk to Tayo about?

9. What does Betonie tell Tayo about change and trust?

10. How is Tayo when the war is over?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The world of the battlefield was the most hostile and threatening of all the experiences in his life. Some men seem to survive these horrors while moving on and making lives for themselves, while others are emotionally unable to cope, and Tayo was one of the latter.

How do you think Tayo’s early life might have affected his response to the battle field? Why might his reactions to battle be considered a weakness to some people? Why are his reactions not a weakness? Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Tayo's friends are bewitched and dangerous. He must separate himself from them, and his attempts to do so almost get him killed. They cannot deal with his increasing understanding, so they must kill him.

Discuss why Tayo’s friends are threatened by Tayo’s continual walk towards mental health and why his change might make them feel threatened. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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