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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayah remembers what types of items in the black pot that are used for dying wool?
(a) Berries, sage, and beeweed petals.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Berries, herbs, and plants.
(d) Ink dyes.

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

3. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She prayed.
(b) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(c) She spun yarn around spindles.
(d) She sheared the sheep.

4. What happened to all of Ayah's other children?
(a) They died of tuberculosis.
(b) They stayed at relatives.
(c) They moved away.
(d) They got the measles.

5. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?
(a) She slapped him.
(b) She moved out.
(c) She distanced herself from him.
(d) She cursed him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?

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

4. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?

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

(see the answer key)

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