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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 the medicine man tell Tayo about the Japanese?

2. What is Emo drinking at the bar?

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

4. When Tayo and the medicine man leave his home, what is the medicine man riding?

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

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. Where is Tayo when his friends find him and what does Tayo tell himself about them?

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

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

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

6. What are Tayo’s symptoms after he leaves the hospital and how does a Japanese person help him?

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

8. What does Tayo’s mother do with him when he is four?

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

10. How does Tayo free the cattle and what kind of animal does he see when he is freeing the cattle?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Often, authors will write about what they know, and sometimes knowing a little about the author makes the books more interesting.

Research and give a brief biographical sketch of Leslie Marmon Silko. Do you think there is always some of the author's own life in his/her novels? Why or why not? Give examples. Name one idea/concept you think may have been a part of the Silko's agenda. Analyze that idea throughout the book and discuss Silko's probable agenda concerning that idea.

Essay Topic 2

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 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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