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

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

3. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?
(a) She denied permission for herself to receive benefits.
(b) She gave permission for her two children to be removed from her care.
(c) She denied permission for Chato to work.
(d) She gave permission for her two children to be adopted.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does warming herself by the fire make Ayah feel?

2. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?

3. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

4. What is Jimmie's birth order?

5. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?

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