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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) Flies.
(b) Cottonballs.
(c) Memories.
(d) Moths.

2. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?
(a) With hope.
(b) Like the men in the bar do.
(c) With love.
(d) With anger.

3. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?
(a) A medicine man.
(b) A uniformed man dressed in a khaki uniform.
(c) A Navajo man with a government worker.
(d) Chato.

4. What are the components of a hogan?
(a) A dirt floor and stone roof.
(b) A paved floor and a front door.
(c) A dirt roof and rock walls.
(d) A thatched roof with windows.

5. When Danny and Ella came to visit, whom does Ayah remember came with them?
(a) Chato's family.
(b) White women.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her mother and grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?

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

3. Why does Chato go to see the postmaster?

4. What season does the setting take place in?

5. At the beginning of the second section, what is the weather doing?

(see the answer key)

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