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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?
(a) Speak Navajo.
(b) Play.
(c) Hug.
(d) Work.

4. When Ayah thinks back to the times she spent with her two children, what does she think happened?
(a) They became strangers.
(b) They grew to hate her.
(c) They grew to love her.
(d) They grew to deal with her ways.

5. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?
(a) Hug her.
(b) Whisper.
(c) Reach across the hogan to her.
(d) Cry.

6. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?
(a) At once.
(b) That night.
(c) Over time.
(d) With angry words.

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

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

9. What is Jimmie's birth order?
(a) Second youngest.
(b) Eldest.
(c) Youngest.
(d) Middle.

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

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

12. Why is Ayah surprised when she reaches the wooden steps of the bar?
(a) A policeman is there.
(b) The steps are broken.
(c) It's covered in snow.
(d) Chato isn't sitting there.

13. Where did Ayah remember finding Chato passed out at over the many years?
(a) In the arroyo.
(b) On the side of store.
(c) The bar's wooden steps.
(d) On the road.

14. What does Ayah remember is remarkable about elkhide moccasins?
(a) They keep a person's legs warm.
(b) They are traditional shoes.
(c) They keep a person's legs dry in the snow.
(d) They are handmade.

15. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?
(a) Smoke.
(b) Bee flowers blooming and willows.
(c) Frybread.
(d) Dew.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the children visited for the last time, why did Ayah not say goodbye?

2. What are the first smells that greet Ayah when she opens the door of the bar?

3. What languages does Chato speak?

4. When Danny and Ella came to visit, whom does Ayah remember came with them?

5. Where does Chato buy his wine?

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