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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She hid them and herself in the hills.
(b) She fought them.
(c) She shot at them with a gun.
(d) She cursed them.

3. Even with his dementia, what does Chato think of the white man's ranch?
(a) The cattle are his people.
(b) The ranch can't run without him.
(c) The white man and he are friends.
(d) The ranch is his home.

4. According to Ayah, what streams white mist in the sky's distance during the storm?
(a) Tail hairs of great horses.
(b) Smoke of giant pipes.
(c) Manes of great lions.
(d) Tails of great mules.

5. Why is the old barn symbolic of the relationship between the whites and Navajos?
(a) It is inadequate for Ayah and Chato's needs.
(b) It is built by whites.
(c) It is a farm housing, not a real house.
(d) It is adequate for Ayah and Chato's needs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ayah surprised when she reaches the wooden steps of the bar?

2. What helps protect Ayah and Chato from the wind?

3. What do the days of Ayah and Chato's journey sound like to Ayah?

4. Whom did the government person talk to about Jimmie's death?

5. What season does the setting take place in?

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