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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What addiction does Chato have?
(a) Cocaine.
(b) Alcoholism.
(c) Peyote.
(d) Nicotine.

2. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?
(a) The medicine man.
(b) A white doctor.
(c) An elder.
(d) Chato.

3. Where does Chato buy his wine?
(a) At the store.
(b) At Azzie's bar.
(c) From his friend.
(d) From a gas station.

4. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(b) She spun yarn around spindles.
(c) She sheared the sheep.
(d) She prayed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah believe the people in the bar feel about her being in the bar?

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

3. Why does Chato often disappear at the beginning of the month?

4. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?

5. How did Chato break his leg?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Ayah's hatred of the fact that Chato teaches her to sign her name a part of the theme of the story?

2. Why was Ayah proud while amongst the men in the bar?

3. Why was the blonde woman afraid of when she brought Ella and Danny back to visit Ayah?

4. Why does the death of Jimmie serve as an important memory for Ayah and for the reader?

5. What is the significance of Ayah recognizing one of the white doctors who came to her home?

6. What is the purpose of Ayah remembering Jimmie's birth in the opening scene?

7. Why did Ayah feel the men look at her like she is a spider?

8. Why did Ayah search for Chato?

9. Why does thinking about weaving bring Ayah peace during the first scene of the story?

10. Why was Ayah satisfied when the white rancher fires Chato and evicted them from the shack?

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