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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?
(a) Cry.
(b) Hug her.
(c) Reach across the hogan to her.
(d) Whisper.

2. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?
(a) Hug.
(b) Speak Navajo.
(c) Work.
(d) Play.

3. During the last visit with Danny and Ella, what did Danny give to Ayah?
(a) A flower.
(b) A note.
(c) A plant.
(d) A bird he draew on paper.

4. When Ayah looked at Chato's scarred hands and at his face, what did she think of him?
(a) He was a stranger.
(b) He worked hard.
(c) He was her husband.
(d) He was broken.

5. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?
(a) Betrayed her.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Made her smarter.
(d) Confused her.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?

2. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?

3. Who are the Yeibechei?

4. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

5. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?

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