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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She spun yarn around spindles.
(b) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(c) She prayed.
(d) She sheared the sheep.

4. What metaphor does the people in the bar's looks compare Ayah to?
(a) A cockroach.
(b) A goddess.
(c) A spider.
(d) An animal.

5. What does the main character wear when thinking of her children?
(a) A coat.
(b) A robe.
(c) A blanket.
(d) A swimsuit.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Chato permitted in the bars?

2. When Ayah looked at Chato's scarred hands and at his face, what did she think of him?

3. Who are the Yeibechei?

4. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?

5. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?

(see the answer key)

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