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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Jimmie actually die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) In a friendly fire.
(c) In a helicopter crash.
(d) Taken hostage and killed.

2. Where does the story take place?
(a) In Taos.
(b) In Phoenix.
(c) In New York.
(d) In Navajo Country.

3. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(b) She spun yarn around spindles.
(c) She sheared the sheep.
(d) She prayed.

4. What happened to all of Ayah's other children?
(a) They stayed at relatives.
(b) They died of tuberculosis.
(c) They moved away.
(d) They got the measles.

5. What is located at the far corner of the bar?
(a) A vending machine.
(b) A pool table.
(c) A wood stove.
(d) A bathroom.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the wet wool smell of her blanket remind Ayah of?

2. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?

3. According to Ayah's memory, what would have happened to her if she entered the bar years ago?

4. Where does Ayah remember her mother taking her after the birth of her oldest son?

5. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

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