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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?
(a) She gave permission for her two children to be adopted.
(b) She denied permission for herself to receive benefits.
(c) She gave permission for her two children to be removed from her care.
(d) She denied permission for Chato to work.

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

4. 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.

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

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

7. What happened to all of Ayah's other children?
(a) They died of tuberculosis.
(b) They moved away.
(c) They stayed at relatives.
(d) They got the measles.

8. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?
(a) Korean War.
(b) Vietnam War.
(c) World War I.
(d) World War II.

9. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?
(a) Chato.
(b) An elder.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) A white doctor.

10. 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 sheared the sheep.
(c) She spun yarn around spindles.
(d) She prayed.

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

12. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?
(a) Beside her grandmother.
(b) Inside their hogan.
(c) Outside their hogan.
(d) Under the shade of a tamarack tree.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What languages does Chato speak?

2. According to Ayah's memory, what would have happened to her if she entered the bar years ago?

3. Ayah remembers that Danny used to do what?

4. Why does Ayah visually search every dark place in the bar?

5. What kind of tree does Ayah sit under as she thinks about her life?

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