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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. After a time, Ayah realized that she could no longer do what with her two remaining children?
(a) Speak Navajo with them.
(b) See them.
(c) Visit them.
(d) Hug them.

3. Why does the air burn Ayah's lungs while she walks?
(a) She's tired.
(b) She smoked.
(c) She had asthma.
(d) The snow was deep.

4. What does the sound of the wind remind the main character of?
(a) The Yeibechei.
(b) A wolf.
(c) A lullaby.
(d) A dog.

5. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.
(a) Hide behind the white woman.
(b) Hide behind the white man.
(c) Nuzzle close to her like she does when she is a baby.
(d) Sit down by the fire.

6. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?
(a) Brittle bones.
(b) Ulcer.
(c) Fatigue.
(d) Dementia.

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

8. What metaphor does Silko use to compare the snowflakes to as they enter the bar?
(a) Memories.
(b) Moths.
(c) Cottonballs.
(d) Flies.

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

10. Standing by the stove in the bar, what does Ayah decide to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Dry her blanket.
(c) Pray.
(d) Sing.

11. 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.

12. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
(a) Danny.
(b) Chato.
(c) Ayah.
(d) Jimmie.

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

14. What reminds Ayah of tufts of wool at the beginning of the story?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Snow.
(c) Smoke
(d) Yarn.

15. How does warming herself by the fire make Ayah feel?
(a) Calm.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Loved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?

2. What are the sounds Ayah hears at the beginning of section two?

3. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?

4. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?

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

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