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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What metaphor does Silko use to compare the snowflakes to as they enter the bar?
(a) Cottonballs.
(b) Flies.
(c) Memories.
(d) Moths.

2. How did the blond woman behave while Ayah's children were visiting?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

3. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?
(a) Dew.
(b) Bee flowers blooming and willows.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Frybread.

4. Where does Chato get the items in the big brown box?
(a) The white man's ranch.
(b) His sister.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) Welfare.

5. What season does the setting take place in?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Fall.
(d) Spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ayah studies the faces in the bar, whom do they remind her of?

2. Why does Ayah visually search every dark place in the bar?

3. What color was the item Jimmie sent to Ayah?

4. What kind of livestock does Chato and Ayah have at their home?

5. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

(see the answer key)

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