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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. Who goes to church on Sundays with Auntie?

2. What kind of hat does Descheeny wear?

3. What has Rocky promised to buy Old Grandma with his army pay?

4. What is the name of Auntie’s old dog who always ran after female dogs in heat?

5. What is painted on the war shield that is at Tayo’s house when he returns from finding the cattle?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Where are Tayo and Rocky sent, what kind of problem does Tayo have there and what does Rocky do to try and help Tayo?

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

7. What does Tayo remember about Josiah and Night Swan?

8. How does Tayo and Rocky end up in the military and how do they end up stationed together?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Oftentimes, a book has more of a character-driven plot rather than action driven, and oftentimes the other way. Some books seem to balance the two.

What do you think it means to say that a plot is character driven or action driven? Which type of plot do you find more interesting? Why? Do you think it is possible to have a plot where action and character are developed to the same degree? Why or why not? What type of plot do you think Ceremony is? Explain your response.

Essay Topic 3

One medicine man also talks about the fragility of the world, something that Tayo understands intimately. He knows all too well how difficult it is to maintain balance in a hostile, chaotic world.

Why do you think Tayo sees the world as hostile and chaotic and what do you think Tayo means by balance? Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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