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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Summer morning.
(b) Love.
(c) Beautiful son.
(d) Brave soldier.

2. What are the first smells that greet Ayah when she opens the door of the bar?
(a) Cigarette smoke and warm air.
(b) Dirt.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Alcohol and smoke.

3. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?
(a) Outside her hogan.
(b) On the mesa.
(c) In the woods.
(d) The edge of Cebolleta Creek.

4. In the present, at the beginning of the second section, where is Ayah?
(a) In the woods.
(b) On the mesa.
(c) In Cebolleta.
(d) At home.

5. How long did Ayah cook Chato's meals and smile at him?
(a) 25.
(b) 40.
(c) 50.
(d) 35.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?

2. Why does Ayah need to warm herself by the fire?

3. What metaphor does the people in the bar's looks compare Ayah to?

4. What languages does Chato speak?

5. What branch of the military did Jimmie go into?

(see the answer key)

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