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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?
(a) On the mesa.
(b) In the woods.
(c) Outside her hogan.
(d) The edge of Cebolleta Creek.

2. 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.

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

4. According to Ayah, the freezing has what kind of strength?
(a) Strength like Orion.
(b) Strength like an elephant.
(c) Strength like a horse.
(d) Strength like an eagle.

5. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?
(a) A Navajo man with a government worker.
(b) Chato.
(c) A uniformed man dressed in a khaki uniform.
(d) A medicine man.

Short Answer Questions

1. What point of view is the story told from?

2. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?

3. How does Chato look at Ayah as he shuffles down the highway?

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

5. Where does Ayah go first on her search?

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