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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Francisco thinks back to the time when he participated in a __________ for the good hunting and the harvests.
(a) Race
(b) Spelling bee
(c) Writing contest
(d) Fight

2. Where is Abel lying prostrate as the prayer meeting is taking place in Los Angeles?
(a) Shallow ditch
(b) The church
(c) A bathroom
(d) His bed

3. What does the old man examine when he comes to a stop during his drive of his team of mares?
(a) Tree
(b) Box
(c) Trap
(d) Car

4. What would Nicolas teah-whau beg for at the side of the road of others who passed?
(a) Whiskey
(b) Jam
(c) Bread
(d) Books

5. Vidal and Abel came back to the box canyon to watch their grandfather dig with a __________.
(a) Hoe
(b) Rock
(c) Bow
(d) Hat

6. When the tasks of #35 were completed, Abel set off to the _________ all by himself to complete his task.
(a) Sea
(b) Desert
(c) Cliffs
(d) Forest

7. Francisco and Abel went to the ________ where some old people had already gathered and begun to sing.
(a) Middle
(b) Upper
(c) Basin
(d) Lower

8. Abel dreams of the time he had gone down to the river with __________ to go shooting.
(a) Vidal
(b) Ben
(c) Mariano
(d) Francisco

9. Abel's final memory before leaving for war was his _____________ crying as he did not understand why Abel wanted to go.
(a) Uncle
(b) Brother
(c) Grandfather
(d) Mother

10. At one point during his 'escape' from the men following him, Abel rolled himself into the ___________ of a truck.
(a) Cab
(b) Trunk
(c) Seat
(d) Flatbed

11. In the lower meadows of the basin of the Valle Grande, the group of men set about capturing __________.
(a) Women
(b) Each other
(c) Opposing tribe members
(d) Bait

12. Who was NOT one of the members of the prayer meeting with Tosamah?
(a) Ben Benally
(b) Abel
(c) Cristobal Cruz
(d) Henry Yellowbull

13. As pain wracks the body of Abel, he remembers the first time he had fallen from his horse and ___________ could not fix him.
(a) Francisco
(b) Mariano
(c) His mother
(d) Vidal

14. Milly decided to come to ____________ when she had the money from her father and from his hard work.
(a) Phoenix
(b) Mexico
(c) Chicago
(d) Los Angeles

15. The man who crossed the canyon after four days encountered a man with a body covered in ____________.
(a) Scales
(b) Rubber
(c) Leather
(d) Feathers

Short Answer Questions

1. To find his grandmother's grave, Tosamah has to walk along the path of the _______________.

2. Tosamah gives a sermon in the basement of a two-story red brick building in ______________ in which he lives.

3. Who is the old Kiowa woman that Tosamah references in his story during the sermon he is giving?

4. The men in the prayer circle with Tosamah smoked and ate _____________.

5. What was Abel listening to men do when his grandfather called him to see his dead brother?

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