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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?
(a) On the mesa.
(b) The edge of Cebolleta Creek.
(c) Outside her hogan.
(d) In the woods.

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

3. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
(a) Ayah.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Danny.
(d) Chato.

4. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?
(a) Shadows on the mesa.
(b) Dirt in the arroyos.
(c) Painted sheep on hogan walls.
(d) Painted buffalo on cave walls.

5. Where do Ayah and Chato now call home?
(a) A old hogan.
(b) The old barn.
(c) The shack at the ranch.
(d) An arroyo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the arroyos have to offer Ayah's and Chato's livestock?

2. Whom did the government person talk to about Jimmie's death?

3. What is special about Ayah's and Chato's home?

4. What emotion does Ayah feel as she leaves the bar in Section 3?

5. Where did Ayah remember finding Chato passed out at over the many years?

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