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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the opening of the second section, who is Ayah searching for?
(a) Danny.
(b) Chato.
(c) Ella.
(d) Jimmie.

2. According to Ayah, what makes the government worker frightened?
(a) Chato's scarred hands.
(b) The foreign items and Navajo language being spoken.
(c) Ayah's anger.
(d) The rural landscape on the reservation.

3. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?
(a) With hope.
(b) Like the men in the bar do.
(c) With anger.
(d) With love.

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

5. Ayah remembers that Danny used to do what?
(a) Sit down by the fire.
(b) Hide behind the white man.
(c) Run off.
(d) Hide behind the white woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the present, at the beginning of the second section, where is Ayah?

2. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

3. What color was the item Jimmie sent to Ayah?

4. What is trapped in Ayah's hair as she moves through the bar?

5. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?

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