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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Jimmie and Steve.
(b) Ella and Danny.
(c) Billy and Joe.
(d) Erica and Noemi.

2. What helps protect Ayah and Chato from the wind?
(a) Trees.
(b) Coat.
(c) Boulders.
(d) Blankets.

3. Who are the Yeibechei?
(a) Navajo holy people.
(b) The elders.
(c) Another Native American tribe.
(d) Ayah's relatives.

4. Why does Ayah take care of Chato?
(a) She loves him.
(b) She feels responsible for him.
(c) She has children with him.
(d) She feels it is her duty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Ayah go searching in the winter night?

2. As Ayah and Chato walk in the snow, what makes Ayah laugh?

3. What does Ayah think she does to make the men in the bar fear her?

4. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?

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

(see the answer key)

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