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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What season does the setting take place in?
(a) Winter.
(b) Summer.
(c) Spring.
(d) Fall.

2. Where does Ayah go first on her search?
(a) Azzie's Bar.
(b) A barn.
(c) A hogan.
(d) A ranch.

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

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

5. Why is Ayah surprised when she reaches the wooden steps of the bar?
(a) A policeman is there.
(b) The steps are broken.
(c) It's covered in snow.
(d) Chato isn't sitting there.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the children visited for the last time, why did Ayah not say goodbye?

2. What does the wet wool smell of her blanket remind Ayah of?

3. In what manner does Ayah conduct herself in the bar?

4. According to Ayah, what makes the government worker frightened?

5. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?

(see the answer key)

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