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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.
(a) Hide behind the white woman.
(b) Sit down by the fire.
(c) Hide behind the white man.
(d) Nuzzle close to her like she does when she is a baby.

2. Why does the air burn Ayah's lungs while she walks?
(a) She's tired.
(b) She had asthma.
(c) She smoked.
(d) The snow was deep.

3. Why is the Spanish polka music the only sounds in the bar?
(a) The bar is empty.
(b) Everyone is dancing.
(c) The bartender orders everyone to silence.
(d) Everyone is silent, watching Ayah.

4. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?
(a) Handed it to her mother.
(b) Dyed it.
(c) Passed it to her grandmother.
(d) Pulled the twigs and burrs from it.

5. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Dew.
(c) Bee flowers blooming and willows.
(d) Frybread.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah believe the people in the bar feel about her being in the bar?

2. Why does Chato often disappear at the beginning of the month?

3. How did the blond woman behave while Ayah's children were visiting?

4. Why is Ayah allowed to go into the bar?

5. Whom did the government person talk to about Jimmie's death?

(see the answer key)

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