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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?
(a) Dyed it.
(b) Passed it to her grandmother.
(c) Handed it to her mother.
(d) Pulled the twigs and burrs from it.

2. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?
(a) Outside their hogan.
(b) Inside their hogan.
(c) Under the shade of a tamarack tree.
(d) Beside her grandmother.

3. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?
(a) A cottonwood.
(b) An oak.
(c) A redwood.
(d) A giving tree.

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

5. How did Jimmie actually die?
(a) Taken hostage and killed.
(b) In a helicopter crash.
(c) In a friendly fire.
(d) In a car accident.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?

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

3. Why is Ayah allowed to go into the bar?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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