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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is Ayah allowed to go into the bar?
(a) She is Navajo.
(b) She is a woman.
(c) She is smart.
(d) She is old.

2. According to Ayah, Chato is doing what a lot lately?
(a) Shouting.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Forgetting.
(d) Disappearing.

3. Ayah remembers what types of items in the black pot that are used for dying wool?
(a) Ink dyes.
(b) Berries, sage, and beeweed petals.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Berries, herbs, and plants.

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

5. According to Ayah, what tumbles the boulders down from the mesa?
(a) Rainstorms and earth tremors.
(b) Snowstorms.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Earthmover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Standing by the stove in the bar, what does Ayah decide to do?

2. During the last visit with Danny and Ella, what did Danny give to Ayah?

3. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?

4. According to Ayah in the fourth section of the story, Chato sometimes calls her what name?

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

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