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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color was the item Jimmie sent to Ayah?
(a) Green.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

2. Whom did the government person talk to about Jimmie's death?
(a) The white rancher.
(b) Chato.
(c) Ayah.
(d) Ayah's mother.

3. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
(a) Chato.
(b) Ayah.
(c) Danny.
(d) Jimmie.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?

2. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?

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

4. Where does the story take place?

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

(see the answer key)

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