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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 are the sounds Ayah hears at the beginning of section two?
(a) Chato's cries.
(b) People arguing.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) Silence.

2. Why does Ayah take care of Chato?
(a) She has children with him.
(b) She loves him.
(c) She feels it is her duty.
(d) She feels responsible for him.

3. Why is the Spanish polka music the only sounds in the bar?
(a) Everyone is silent, watching Ayah.
(b) The bartender orders everyone to silence.
(c) Everyone is dancing.
(d) The bar is empty.

4. Where did Ayah remember finding Chato passed out at over the many years?
(a) The bar's wooden steps.
(b) In the arroyo.
(c) On the road.
(d) On the side of store.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Ayah surprised when she reaches the wooden steps of the bar?

2. Over time, what did the visiting children begin to think of Ayah?

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

4. When Ayah looked at Chato's scarred hands and at his face, what did she think of him?

5. What happened to all of Ayah's other children?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Ayah not say good-bye to Danny and Ella during the last visit?

2. Why didn't Ayah sleep after the children are taken from her?

3. What is the significance of Ayah's tracks in the snow being filled by the falling snow until they're gone? How does this apply to Ayah's memories?

4. What did Ayah feel when she enters Azzie's Bar in search of Chato?

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

6. What does the statement, "...in the springtime the thin cows graze on grass already chewed flat to the ground" symbolize to the Navajo culture during the time in which Ayah is living?

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

8. Why does Ayah hate the information that Chato told her it was the old woman who died in the winter that gave the children a disease?

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

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

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