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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who are the Yeibechei?
(a) Ayah's relatives.
(b) Navajo holy people.
(c) Another Native American tribe.
(d) The elders.

2. What does the main character wear when thinking of her children?
(a) A robe.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A swimsuit.
(d) A coat.

3. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She sheared the sheep.
(b) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She spun yarn around spindles.

4. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?
(a) They are traditional shoes.
(b) They keep a person's legs dry in the snow.
(c) They keep a person's legs warm.
(d) They are handmade.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayah remembers what types of items in the black pot that are used for dying wool?

2. Where does the story take place?

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

4. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?

5. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?

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