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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. After Ayah enters the bar, what does she neglect to do?
2. What shocked the visitor about Ayah and Chato's decision about Jimmie's body?
3. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.
4. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?
5. What affliction does Chato suffer from because of his old age?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of the lullaby at the end of the story?
2. How does Ayah's fear of the white doctors drive her to give away her children?
3. What does Ayah mean when she says "they are already being weaned from the lava hills and from this sky"?
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. Although Ayah doesn't cry at first, she "hurts inside with anger". What does this mean and how does it fuel her anger toward the white man?
6. In the opening paragraph of "Lullaby", Ayah reaches out to touch the falling snow--like her babies do--and this makes her smile. Describe how this analogy to youth ties into the title of the short story.
7. Why does thinking about weaving bring Ayah peace during the first scene of the story?
8. Why is it important for Ayah to remember that her mother's blankets are soft and woven so tight that rain rolls off of them?
9. Why does the men's fear in the bar satisfy Ayah?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Ayah feels that she doesn't know Chato, that they become strangers. In what ways does the theme of alienation play out in the story? 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 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.
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