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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What metaphor does the people in the bar's looks compare Ayah to?
(a) An animal.
(b) A cockroach.
(c) A goddess.
(d) A spider.

3. 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.

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

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

6. Who is Ayah unable to find in the bar?
(a) Chato.
(b) Her children.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) The police.

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

8. Where does the story take place?
(a) In Phoenix.
(b) In New York.
(c) In Taos.
(d) In Navajo Country.

9. What is located at the far corner of the bar?
(a) A vending machine.
(b) A pool table.
(c) A bathroom.
(d) A wood stove.

10. What does Ayah remember happening to Jimmie?
(a) He stopped contacting her.
(b) The earth swallowed him up.
(c) He never came home.
(d) He moved away.

11. What shocked the visitor about Ayah and Chato's decision about Jimmie's body?
(a) Ayah screamed.
(b) That Chato and Ayah did not want it returned to them.
(c) Ayah didn't cry.
(d) Chato cried.

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

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

14. As Ayah thinks about her children, she recalls what about them?
(a) They are loving to her.
(b) They love their culture.
(c) They are turning into white people.
(d) They honor her wishes.

15. After Ayah enters the bar, what does she neglect to do?
(a) Speak to the bartender.
(b) Pay.
(c) Close the door.
(d) Lower her eyes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?

2. When Ayah enters the bar, what do the men do to her?

3. What metaphor does Silko use to compare the snowflakes to as they enter the bar?

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

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

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