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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?
(a) Painted buffalo on cave walls.
(b) Painted sheep on hogan walls.
(c) Dirt in the arroyos.
(d) Shadows on the mesa.

2. What kind of horses did Chato once ride when he works at the white man's ranch?
(a) Quarter horses.
(b) Stallions.
(c) Mares.
(d) Thoroughbreds.

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

4. After a time, Ayah realized that she could no longer do what with her two remaining children?
(a) See them.
(b) Hug them.
(c) Speak Navajo with them.
(d) Visit them.

5. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?
(a) Confused her.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Betrayed her.
(d) Made her smarter.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ayah visually search every dark place in the bar?

2. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?

3. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?

4. Why is the old barn symbolic of the relationship between the whites and Navajos?

5. Why does Ayah feel that no one in the bar could hurt her?

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