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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?
(a) A medicine man.
(b) Chato.
(c) A uniformed man dressed in a khaki uniform.
(d) A Navajo man with a government worker.

2. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?
(a) Letters written in Navajo.
(b) Pictures.
(c) Postcards.
(d) His army blanket.

3. What languages does Chato speak?
(a) English and Navajo.
(b) Spanish and English.
(c) English, Spanish, and Navajo.
(d) Spanish and Navajo.

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

5. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?
(a) An oak.
(b) A redwood.
(c) A giving tree.
(d) A cottonwood.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the Yeibechei?

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

3. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?

4. What reminds Ayah of tufts of wool at the beginning of the story?

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

(see the answer key)

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