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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. What addiction does Chato have?

2. According to Ayah, what makes the government worker frightened?

3. As Ayah thinks about her children, she recalls what about them?

4. Standing by the stove in the bar, what does Ayah decide to do?

5. As Ayah studies the faces in the bar, whom do they remind her of?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why didn't Ayah sleep after the children are taken from her?

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. What role did Azzie's bar play in Chato's development?

4. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?

5. Why did Ayah feel relieved that the wine and the government money were gone?

6. Why does the death of Jimmie serve as an important memory for Ayah and for the reader?

7. What is the significance of Chato being able to go into Azzie's Bar, where once Navajos are thrown out?

8. Why did Ayah feel the men look at her like she is a spider?

9. Why does thinking about weaving bring Ayah peace during the first scene of the story?

10. How is losing Danny and Ella "worse than if they died" to Ayah?

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

The theme of loss is ever-present in Lullaby. What does Silko state is loss through Ayah's memories of her life? How does the overall tone of the story convey this sense of loss? Use fact details from 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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