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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Where did Ayah escape to after she lost her last two children?
(a) Her mother's.
(b) A hogan.
(c) The hills.
(d) The medicine man.

3. Where does Ayah remember her mother taking her after the birth of her oldest son?
(a) To an oracle.
(b) To the birthing stone.
(c) To the elder.
(d) To her hogan for sleep.

4. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?
(a) A dog.
(b) A lullaby.
(c) A wolf.
(d) The Yeibechei.

5. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She hid them and herself in the hills.
(b) She shot at them with a gun.
(c) She fought them.
(d) She cursed them.

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 Chato tell Ayah that Jimmie died?

3. How does remembering make Ayah feel?

4. Where does the story take place?

5. What is the overall tone of the first half of the story?

(see the answer key)

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