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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Ayah breathe with as she sits beneath the clear sky?
(a) Ayah breathes with sorrow.
(b) Ayah breathes with clarity.
(c) Ayah breathes with confusion.
(d) Ayah breathes with fear.

2. How does Chato look at Ayah as he shuffles down the highway?
(a) As if she's a stranger.
(b) As if she scares him.
(c) As if she's his sister.
(d) As if seeing her for the first time.

3. Why does Ayah feel that no one in the bar could hurt her?
(a) She shows them no fear.
(b) She is wrapped in Jimmie's blanket.
(c) She is sure of her identity.
(d) She is armed.

4. According to Ayah in the fourth section of the story, Chato sometimes calls her what name?
(a) His mother's name.
(b) His sister's name.
(c) His daughter's name.
(d) Her sister's name.

5. Why does Ayah feel her home is connected to her?
(a) Chato's mother lives there.
(b) She and Chato buy it.
(c) Her ancestors build it.
(d) It is a traditional Navajo home, and she is born there.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah notice about the way Chato smells in the fourth section of the story?

2. In Ayah's memory, what did Chato do the next day, after they returned home from Cebolleta?

3. Why does Ayah go searching in the winter night?

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

5. What color are the clouds Ayah and Chato watch as they wait against the rocks?

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