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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Summer morning.
(b) Beautiful son.
(c) Brave soldier.
(d) Love.

2. In Ayah's memory, what did Chato do the next day, after they returned home from Cebolleta?
(a) Tend sheep.
(b) Complain about his hangover.
(c) Cry.
(d) Sleep.

3. According to Ayah, what makes the government worker frightened?
(a) The foreign items and Navajo language being spoken.
(b) Ayah's anger.
(c) The rural landscape on the reservation.
(d) Chato's scarred hands.

4. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?
(a) Korean War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) Vietnam War.

5. Where does Chato buy his wine?
(a) From his friend.
(b) From a gas station.
(c) At the store.
(d) At Azzie's bar.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the last visit with Danny and Ella, what did Danny give to Ayah?

2. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?

3. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?

4. What arrives at the post office in a colorful government envelope?

5. When Ayah enters the bar, what do the men do to her?

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