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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?
(a) Handed it to her mother.
(b) Passed it to her grandmother.
(c) Pulled the twigs and burrs from it.
(d) Dyed it.

2. What does the wet wool smell of her blanket remind Ayah of?
(a) Sheep.
(b) Life.
(c) Newborn goats.
(d) Jimmie.

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

4. Where did Ayah escape to after she lost her last two children?
(a) A hogan.
(b) Her mother's.
(c) The hills.
(d) The medicine man.

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

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

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

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

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

10. In what manner does Ayah conduct herself in the bar?
(a) With pride.
(b) With fear.
(c) With sorrow.
(d) With age.

11. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She hid them and herself in the hills.
(b) She shot at them with a gun.
(c) She fought them.
(d) She cursed them.

12. Why does Chato often disappear at the beginning of the month?
(a) He cashes their welfare check and splits it with Ayah.
(b) He cashes their welfare check and buys groceries.
(c) He cashes their welfare check and puts it in the bank.
(d) He cashes their welfare check and drinks alcohol.

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

14. In the present, at the beginning of the second section, where is Ayah?
(a) In the woods.
(b) On the mesa.
(c) At home.
(d) In Cebolleta.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?

2. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?

3. What languages does Chato speak?

4. Over time, what did the visiting children begin to think of Ayah?

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

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