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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Ayah choose to stop walking at the end of the story?
(a) She is hungry.
(b) She is tired.
(c) Chato stumbles and falls.
(d) Chato asks her to stop.

3. According to Ayah, Chato is doing what a lot lately?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Forgetting.
(c) Disappearing.
(d) Shouting.

4. Why does Chato go to see the postmaster?
(a) To ask for employment.
(b) To mail letters.
(c) To collect their welfare check.
(d) To see his sister.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does having livestock connect Ayah and Chato to the land?

2. As Ayah enjoys watching and connecting to the heavens, what does Chato do?

3. What muffles Ayah's laughter while she and Chato walk together outside?

4. As they sit down behind the boulders, what does Ayah offer Chato?

5. What do the days of Ayah and Chato's journey smell like to Ayah?

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