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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayah think Chato's shoes look like in the snow?
(a) Mountains.
(b) Slugs.
(c) Skies.
(d) Little animals up to their ears.

2. What does Ayah smells through the night air at the end of the story?
(a) The woodsmoke of a hogan.
(b) The reek of Chato's alcohol drenched body.
(c) The stench of fear.
(d) The purity of half moon and the stars.

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

4. According to Ayah, what tumbles the boulders down from the mesa?
(a) Rainstorms and earth tremors.
(b) Snowstorms.
(c) Lightning.
(d) Earthmover.

5. What color are the clouds Ayah and Chato watch as they wait against the rocks?
(a) Steely blue-gray.
(b) White like cotton.
(c) Black like tar.
(d) Gray like sweat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why isn't Ayah sorry for Chato's dislike for his current life?

2. Why does Ayah believe Chato doesn't like guiding "the old ewes"?

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

4. What arrives at the post office in a colorful government envelope?

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

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