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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. As Ayah thinks about her children, she recalls what about them?
2. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
3. What is trapped in Ayah's hair as she moves through the bar?
4. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?
5. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?
Short Essay Questions
1. In what ways is the older Navajo men's warning about language--to learn their language or any of their ways endangers you--borne out throughout the story?
2. 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?
3. Why does the death of Jimmie serve as an important memory for Ayah and for the reader?
4. Why does Silko make a point of stating that the white doctors came before they hire Navajo women to go with them as interpreters?
5. Why did Ayah search for Chato?
6. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?
7. Why did Ayah feel the men look at her like she is a spider?
8. Why did Ayah not say good-bye to Danny and Ella during the last visit?
9. What was the purpose of Ayah sleeping in the hills after the children are taken?
10. What does Ayah recognize about Chato's drinking?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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.
Essay Topic 2
Why does Ayah feel betrayed by Chato, and how does the feeling of betrayal go beyond the loss of her two children? In what other areas of their life together, does Ayah feel Chato had betrayed her and their tribe? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
The Anglos aren't the only people who have conflict with the Navajos and Ayah. Explain how Ayah and Chato along with other Navajos interact with Spanish Americans. What are the differences to how they interact with Anglos? Discuss the similarities. Use the text to support your answer.
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