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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did the government person talk to about Jimmie's death?
(a) Ayah's mother.
(b) The white rancher.
(c) Chato.
(d) Ayah.

3. According to Ayah, what makes the government worker frightened?
(a) Chato's scarred hands.
(b) The foreign items and Navajo language being spoken.
(c) The rural landscape on the reservation.
(d) Ayah's anger.

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

5. How did Jimmie actually die?
(a) In a car accident.
(b) Taken hostage and killed.
(c) In a friendly fire.
(d) In a helicopter crash.

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

7. What does the main character wear when thinking of her children?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A robe.
(c) A coat.
(d) A swimsuit.

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

9. When Ayah enters the bar, what do the men do to her?
(a) They help her search.
(b) They laugh at her.
(c) They ignore her.
(d) They stare at her.

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

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

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

13. How does remembering make Ayah feel?
(a) Sad.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Peaceful.
(d) Regretful.

14. Where does Ayah remember her mother taking her after the birth of her oldest son?
(a) To an oracle.
(b) To the elder.
(c) To the birthing stone.
(d) To her hogan for sleep.

15. What point of view is the story told from?
(a) Third person ominiscent.
(b) First person.
(c) Second person.
(d) Third person limited.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.

2. How did Chato tell Ayah that Jimmie died?

3. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

4. What is located at the far corner of the bar?

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

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