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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. When Danny and Ella came to visit, whom does Ayah remember came with them?
(a) Her mother and grandmother.
(b) Her mother.
(c) White women.
(d) Chato's family.

2. Why is Ayah surprised when she reaches the wooden steps of the bar?
(a) A policeman is there.
(b) Chato isn't sitting there.
(c) It's covered in snow.
(d) The steps are broken.

3. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?
(a) Fatigue.
(b) Dementia.
(c) Brittle bones.
(d) Ulcer.

4. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?
(a) Hurt her.
(b) Made her smarter.
(c) Betrayed her.
(d) Confused her.

5. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
(a) Chato.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Danny.
(d) Ayah.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.

2. Ayah remembers that Danny used to do what?

3. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?

4. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?

5. How did the blond woman behave while Ayah's children were visiting?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Ayah's walk back to the bar symbolize?

2. Why did Ayah search for Chato?

3. What is the significance of Jimmie's old Army blanket to Ayah?

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

5. How is losing Danny and Ella "worse than if they died" to Ayah?

6. What is the significance of Ayah offering half her blanket to Chato as they walk down the road?

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

8. Why did Ayah no longer feel cold after remembering weaving and her traditional clothing?

9. Ayah signs the papers the white doctors want, feeling proud that she can sign her name in English. Why does this simple act of signing her name cost her so much?

10. What does Jimmie's true Navajo name being reduced to something as common as "Jimmie" in English say about the white man?

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