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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. What shocked the visitor about Ayah and Chato's decision about Jimmie's body?
(a) Chato cried.
(b) Ayah didn't cry.
(c) That Chato and Ayah did not want it returned to them.
(d) Ayah screamed.

4. What languages does Chato speak?
(a) English and Navajo.
(b) Spanish and Navajo.
(c) English, Spanish, and Navajo.
(d) Spanish and English.

5. What branch of the military did Jimmie go into?
(a) Navy.
(b) Air Force.
(c) Army.
(d) Marines.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?

2. What reminds Ayah of tufts of wool at the beginning of the story?

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

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

5. What point of view is the story told from?

(see the answer key)

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