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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ayah hope the government money and the wine are gone?
(a) She and Chato could finally go home.
(b) She doesn't have to worry about it.
(c) Chato is happy.
(d) Chato is angry.

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

3. As Ayah searches in the night, what does she think about her relationship with Chato?
(a) He is a good husband.
(b) He tries, but fails her greatly.
(c) There is no place for him but with her.
(d) He badly hurts her.

4. What do the days of Ayah and Chato's journey sound like to Ayah?
(a) Cheerful.
(b) Mournful.
(c) Silent.
(d) Like a lullaby.

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

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

7. According to Ayah, how does the freezing come down to the ground?
(a) Swiftly.
(b) In slow motion.
(c) Like hail.
(d) Gradually.

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

9. How does Ayah describe the freezing?
(a) Wind blowing from the east.
(b) Snow fallling from the sky.
(c) A mist flowing over the mesa.
(d) A stillness coming from the edge of the moon.

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

11. As they sit down behind the boulders, what does Ayah offer Chato?
(a) Her shoes.
(b) Half her blanket.
(c) Her forgiveness.
(d) A bit of something to eat.

12. What does Ayah notices about Chato as the two are walking in the fourth section?
(a) He is tired.
(b) He moves nimble and quick.
(c) He is shorter than he once is.
(d) He moves slowly in his old age.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is the sandrock on the mesa?

2. What is the condition of Chato's boots?

3. Why do Ayah and Chato perform the traditional actions every May?

4. How would Ayah feel if Chato used up the government money?

5. In the fourth section of the story, what does Chato do when he heads Ayah behind him?

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