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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. How did Ayah punish Chato for teaching her English and failing to keep her kids from being taken away?
2. Where does the story take place?
3. What did Ayah do by signing her name that she didn't realize until later?
4. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?
5. What is the overall tone of the first half of the story?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the significance of Ayah's shoes as analogy of the power of time and the progression of one culture overtaking another?
2. Why was Ayah proud while amongst the men in the bar?
3. 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?
4. 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?
5. In November, what did Ayah do when she returned to the shack with Chato?
6. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?
7. What is the importance of the lullaby at the end of the story?
8. Ayah states she is frightened by how the doctors look at the children, like lizards watching flies. Why does this metaphor drive home the predator and prey motif?
9. What role did Azzie's bar play in Chato's development?
10. Why didn't Ayah sleep after the children are taken from her?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Why does Silko end Ayah's and Chato's lives in the manner she does? Do you find this method effective ending? Why or why not? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
At the onset of the novel, Ayah is wrapped in Jimmie's old army blanket. Describe what all this is a metaphor for, using specific examples from the text.
Essay Topic 3
At the end of the story, Ayah sings a lullaby to Chato as he peacefully dies in his sleep during the bitter cold. How is the act representative of Ayah finding peace? In what ways does it support the Navajos' belief in the circle of life? What is the importance of song in Lullaby? How does the importance of oral tradition play into song and its usage in Lullaby? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.
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