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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is trapped in Ayah's hair as she moves through the bar?
(a) Leaves.
(b) Memories.
(c) Spiders.
(d) Melting snow.

2. Where does the story take place?
(a) In Taos.
(b) In Phoenix.
(c) In New York.
(d) In Navajo Country.

3. Why does Chato often disappear at the beginning of the month?
(a) He cashes their welfare check and drinks alcohol.
(b) He cashes their welfare check and splits it with Ayah.
(c) He cashes their welfare check and buys groceries.
(d) He cashes their welfare check and puts it in the bank.

4. As Ayah studies the faces in the bar, whom do they remind her of?
(a) The white people who brought her children back.
(b) The white people who owned the ranch.
(c) The white people who owned the post office.
(d) The white people wh took her children.

5. Why does Ayah believe Chato doesn't like guiding "the old ewes"?
(a) He is tired of working.
(b) It reminds him of Jimmie.
(c) He is used to guiding cattle.
(d) He dislikes sheep.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of horses did Chato once ride when he works at the white man's ranch?

2. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?

3. Why does Ayah feel her home is connected to her?

4. Whom is Ayah looking for as she searches outside the bar?

5. At the beginning of the second section, what is the weather doing?

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