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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Ayah believe is a place for Chato and herself to wait out the storm?
(a) In the desert.
(b) In the apartment.
(c) In the shack.
(d) In the old barn.

2. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?
(a) Painted sheep on hogan walls.
(b) Shadows on the mesa.
(c) Painted buffalo on cave walls.
(d) Dirt in the arroyos.

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

4. Why does Chato have a limp?
(a) His leg was crushed years ago.
(b) He broke his leg moving furniture.
(c) His leg was crushed by a cow.
(d) He broke his ankle.

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

6. Where is the old barn located according to Ayah?
(a) Near the mesa.
(b) Near the reservation.
(c) Near the arroyo.
(d) Near the boulders.

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

8. What color is the sandrock on the mesa?
(a) White.
(b) Tan.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

9. What do the days of Ayah and Chato's journey smell like to Ayah?
(a) Tart.
(b) Sour.
(c) Sweet.
(d) Dry.

10. According to Ayah, what does she and Chato not have enough of for five years?
(a) Love.
(b) Money.
(c) Food.
(d) Rain.

11. Why does Ayah feel that no one in the bar could hurt her?
(a) She shows them no fear.
(b) She is armed.
(c) She is wrapped in Jimmie's blanket.
(d) She is sure of her identity.

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

13. According to Ayah, what streams white mist in the sky's distance during the storm?
(a) Tail hairs of great horses.
(b) Tails of great mules.
(c) Smoke of giant pipes.
(d) Manes of great lions.

14. What muffles Ayah's laughter while she and Chato walk together outside?
(a) The snow.
(b) The wind.
(c) The trees.
(d) Chato's hand.

15. What does Ayah think she does to make the men in the bar fear her?
(a) Being Navajo.
(b) Her face or the way she clenches her teeth.
(c) Being an old woman.
(d) Her attitude.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ayah describe the freezing?

2. Why doesn't Ayah's and Chato's garden produce food?

3. In the fourth section of the story, what is Chato doing when Ayah finds him?

4. As Chato sleeps, what does Ayah believe he looks like?

5. As Ayah and Chato wait against the storm, at what rate do the clouds pass?

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