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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?
(a) She remembers going barefoot in the summer.
(b) She thinks she needs to get new ones.
(c) She thinks that her shoes are too large.
(d) She remembers her traditional shoes of moccasins.

2. What is Jimmie's birth order?
(a) Eldest.
(b) Youngest.
(c) Second youngest.
(d) Middle.

3. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Summer morning.
(b) Love.
(c) Beautiful son.
(d) Brave soldier.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?

2. How does remembering make Ayah feel?

3. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?

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

5. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?

(see the answer key)

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