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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. What does Ku’oosh smell like?

2. What does "she" say is the only cure in the four-line poem, "What She Said"?

3. Where did the medicine man see Geronimo on display?

4. What does Harley say he traded for the truck he is driving?

5. Where does Josiah have the cattle unloaded?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does Tayo spend the night on the day he finds the cattle and who does he see when he wakes?

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

3. How is Tayo treated as a child by the village?

4. Who are the family members who are kind to Tayo?

5. What does Old Grandma do with Tayo, what does he think he needs to do and what does she want him to do?

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

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

8. How is Tayo when the war is over?

9. What happens to Tayo after he attacks Emo?

10. How are the cattle branded and what does Josiah do about that?

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

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.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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