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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?
(a) Over time.
(b) With angry words.
(c) At once.
(d) That night.

2. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She cursed them.
(b) She fought them.
(c) She shot at them with a gun.
(d) She hid them and herself in the hills.

3. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?
(a) The earth swallowed him up.
(b) He stopped contacting her.
(c) He moved away.
(d) He never came home.

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

5. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?
(a) She denied permission for Chato to work.
(b) She gave permission for her two children to be removed from her care.
(c) She denied permission for herself to receive benefits.
(d) She gave permission for her two children to be adopted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?

2. Where did Ayah escape to after she lost her last two children?

3. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?

4. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?

5. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?

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