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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ayah go first on her search?
(a) A barn.
(b) Azzie's Bar.
(c) A ranch.
(d) A hogan.

2. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Beautiful son.
(b) Brave soldier.
(c) Summer morning.
(d) Love.

3. How did the blond woman behave while Ayah's children were visiting?
(a) Anxious.
(b) Happy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Nervous.

4. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?
(a) She thinks that her shoes are too large.
(b) She remembers her traditional shoes of moccasins.
(c) She thinks she needs to get new ones.
(d) She remembers going barefoot in the summer.

5. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?
(a) In a hogan.
(b) A boxcar shack on the white man's ranch.
(c) In an apartment.
(d) In a teepee.

6. What does Ayah believe the people in the bar feel about her being in the bar?
(a) They are anxious.
(b) They are nervous.
(c) They are angry.
(d) They are afraid.

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

8. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?
(a) With anger.
(b) With hope.
(c) With love.
(d) Like the men in the bar do.

9. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?
(a) His army blanket.
(b) Letters written in Navajo.
(c) Postcards.
(d) Pictures.

10. Over time, what did the visiting children begin to think of Ayah?
(a) They thought she was backwards.
(b) They thought she was stupid.
(c) They thought she was just old.
(d) They thought she was crazy.

11. Why is the Spanish polka music the only sounds in the bar?
(a) The bartender orders everyone to silence.
(b) The bar is empty.
(c) Everyone is silent, watching Ayah.
(d) Everyone is dancing.

12. According to Ayah's memory, what would have happened to her if she entered the bar years ago?
(a) She would have been served without a problem.
(b) She would have had to enter through a backdoor.
(c) She would have been arrested.
(d) They would have thrown her out.

13. What languages does Chato speak?
(a) English, Spanish, and Navajo.
(b) Spanish and English.
(c) Spanish and Navajo.
(d) English and Navajo.

14. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(b) She prayed.
(c) She spun yarn around spindles.
(d) She sheared the sheep.

15. Why is Chato permitted in the bars?
(a) Because he is a regular.
(b) Because he speaks Spanish like one of them.
(c) Because he has a running tab.
(d) Because he is kind.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?

2. What metaphor does the people in the bar's looks compare Ayah to?

3. What branch of the military did Jimmie go into?

4. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?

5. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?

(see the answer keys)

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