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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 Tayo shake the branches on the tree outside Ts’eh’s house?

2. What does Josiah and Robert do to the deer while Rocky is gutting it?

3. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7. Where does Tayo find the cattle?

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

9. How does Rocky end up dead?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There are many elements of effective psychotherapy in the counseling that Tayo receives from both Ku'oosh and Betonie. They guide him gently through a recounting, re-examination and recasting of all the demons that possess him.

Discuss reasons Tayo talking about his experiences might help him come to terms with what he has been through. Include a discussion of what the above statement might mean by “Tayo’s demons.” Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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