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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Ayah escape to after she lost her last two children?
(a) A hogan.
(b) The hills.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) Her mother's.

2. What season does the setting take place in?
(a) Fall.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

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

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

5. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?
(a) The Yeibechei.
(b) A lullaby.
(c) A wolf.
(d) A dog.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who are the Yeibechei?

3. What happened to all of Ayah's other children?

4. How did Jimmie actually die?

5. What languages does Chato speak?

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