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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 does Harley tell Leroy to take Tayo for a cure?

2. Who bootlegs beer to the Indians?

3. Why does Josiah’s mistress leave the village?

4. What does Harley say riding in the truck at top speed is better than?

5. What does Ku’oosh smell like?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the family’s shepherd, Harley, the dog and the sheep?

2. How does Rocky end up dead?

3. Where does Robert take Tayo at Ku'oosh’s suggestion and how does Tayo feel when he gets there? How does Tayo’s feelings change?

4. Why does Tayo feel guilty about Josiah?

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

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

7. What does Betonie tell Tayo about why Tayo saw Indian faces in the Japanese?

8. 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?

9. What does the herd of cattle do as soon as they are unloaded and what does Josiah tell Tayo about their behavior?

10. How does Rocky’s mother feel about him going off to war and what does Tayo tell her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Characters are an integral and important part of almost all novels.

Compare/contrast the characters of Tayo and Auntie. How are they similar? How are they different? Is there a flaw in each of their personalities? Be specific and give examples. Compare/contrast the characters of Josiah and Emo. How do they seem different? Which do you like more? Why? Which one seems more of a well-rounded character?

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

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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