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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Over time, what did the visiting children begin to think of Ayah?
(a) They thought she was crazy.
(b) They thought she was just old.
(c) They thought she was stupid.
(d) They thought she was backwards.

2. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?
(a) In a hogan.
(b) In a teepee.
(c) In an apartment.
(d) A boxcar shack on the white man's ranch.

3. Who are the Yeibechei?
(a) The elders.
(b) Navajo holy people.
(c) Another Native American tribe.
(d) Ayah's relatives.

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

5. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?
(a) She slapped him.
(b) She moved out.
(c) She cursed him.
(d) She distanced herself from him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?

3. How did Jimmie actually die?

4. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?

5. Why is Chato permitted in the bars?

(see the answer key)

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