View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the fourth section of the story, what is Chato doing when Ayah finds him?
(a) Screaming for help.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Walking along the pavement.

2. What is special about Ayah's and Chato's home?
(a) The door faces east.
(b) Her children's drawing are there.
(c) It is where Ayah was born.
(d) Her mother lives there.

3. Through what part of the sky can Ayah see a star as the weather changes?
(a) Southwest.
(b) North.
(c) West.
(d) Southeast.

4. Whom is Ayah looking for as she searches outside the bar?
(a) Chato.
(b) Danny.
(c) Her sister.
(d) Her dog.

5. What direction does Ayah walk as she leaves the bar?
(a) South.
(b) North.
(c) East.
(d) West.

6. During their walk, where do Ayah and Chato go to rest?
(a) To the ranch.
(b) Up the slope to the giant boulders.
(c) To their hogan.
(d) To a rest stop.

7. What does Ayah see pushing into the sky's distance during the storm in the fourth section?
(a) Chained horses.
(b) Powerful haunches.
(c) Great eagles.
(d) Winged crows.

8. What is the condition of Chato's boots?
(a) Worn, but durable for snow.
(b) Brand new.
(c) New but too large for his feet.
(d) Worn out with holes.

9. As Chato sleeps, what does Ayah believe he looks like?
(a) Jimmie.
(b) A baby.
(c) A warrior.
(d) A younger man.

10. Where does Chato get the items in the big brown box?
(a) Welfare.
(b) The white man's ranch.
(c) The medicine man.
(d) His sister.

11. What does Ayah think of when she wraps the blanket around Chato?
(a) Danny.
(b) Chato when they are young.
(c) Jimmie.
(d) Ella.

12. In Ayah's memory, what did Chato do the next day, after they returned home from Cebolleta?
(a) Cry.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Tend sheep.
(d) Complain about his hangover.

13. According to Ayah, she once found Chato wandering his way to where?
(a) To the bar.
(b) To his son's grave.
(c) Their hogan.
(d) The white man's ranch.

14. What does Ayah smells through the night air at the end of the story?
(a) The woodsmoke of a hogan.
(b) The reek of Chato's alcohol drenched body.
(c) The stench of fear.
(d) The purity of half moon and the stars.

15. What does Ayah think Chato's shoes look like in the snow?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Little animals up to their ears.
(c) Slugs.
(d) Skies.

Short Answer Questions

1. Outside of the place where Ayah and Chato live, what is the condition of the land?

2. According to Ayah, Chato is doing what a lot lately?

3. Why does Chato go to see the postmaster?

4. As Ayah and Chato wait for the storm to pass, what do the clouds look like?

5. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 466 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample