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

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

3. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?
(a) She remembers her traditional shoes of moccasins.
(b) She thinks that her shoes are too large.
(c) She remembers going barefoot in the summer.
(d) She thinks she needs to get new ones.

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

5. 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 cursed them.
(d) She hid them and herself in the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. What languages does Chato speak?

2. How does remembering make Ayah feel?

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

4. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?

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

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