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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Chato decide to go to get help for he and Ayah's dietary needs?
(a) To the hogan.
(b) To the white man's ranch.
(c) Into town.
(d) To see the medicine man.

2. As Ayah and Chato walk in the snow, what makes Ayah laugh?
(a) Chato's feet.
(b) Chato's joke.
(c) The snow drifts.
(d) Her fate.

3. According to Ayah, Chato is doing what a lot lately?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Disappearing.
(c) Forgetting.
(d) Shouting.

4. What does Ayah notice about the way Chato smells in the fourth section of the story?
(a) It reeks strongly of fire.
(b) It reeks strongly of food.
(c) It reeks strongly of alcohol.
(d) It reeks strongly of urine and woodsmoke.

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

6. According to Ayah in the fourth section of the story, Chato sometimes calls her what name?
(a) Her sister's name.
(b) His mother's name.
(c) His daughter's name.
(d) His sister's name.

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

8. Why isn't Ayah sorry for Chato's dislike for his current life?
(a) She feels he turns his back on his people's ways.
(b) She feels he should accept it and be happy.
(c) She feels he should know better than to trust a white man.
(d) She feels he deserves it.

9. How does having livestock connect Ayah and Chato to the land?
(a) The livestock work the land.
(b) They take care of them.
(c) They are following traditional Navajo lifestyle.
(d) Livestock gives them food.

10. What are the components of a hogan?
(a) A dirt floor and stone roof.
(b) A dirt roof and rock walls.
(c) A thatched roof with windows.
(d) A paved floor and a front door.

11. What emotion does Ayah feel as she leaves the bar in Section 3?
(a) Sad.
(b) Worried.
(c) Satified.
(d) Happy.

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

13. How does Chato look at Ayah as he shuffles down the highway?
(a) As if she scares him.
(b) As if she's his sister.
(c) As if seeing her for the first time.
(d) As if she's a stranger.

14. Outside of the place where Ayah and Chato live, what is the condition of the land?
(a) Moist.
(b) Rich.
(c) Dry and sandy.
(d) Fertile.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayah, what streams white mist in the sky's distance during the storm?

2. As Chato dies in his sleep, what does Ayah do?

3. According to Ayah, what tumbles the boulders down from the mesa?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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