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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Chato tell Ayah that Jimmie died?
(a) He hugged her.
(b) He wrote it down.
(c) He told her in English.
(d) He used the Navajo word for death.

2. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?
(a) Farming.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Singing.
(d) Dancing.

3. What point of view is the story told from?
(a) Third person limited.
(b) Third person ominiscent.
(c) Second person.
(d) First person.

4. How does remembering make Ayah feel?
(a) Regretful.
(b) Peaceful.
(c) Mournful.
(d) Sad.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Chato break his leg?

2. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

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

4. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

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

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