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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. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.
2. What languages does Chato speak?
3. In what manner does Ayah conduct herself in the bar?
4. What does the wet wool smell of her blanket remind Ayah of?
5. How did the blond woman behave while Ayah's children were visiting?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. Why was the walk back to the bar a "hard walk" for Ayah?
3. Why was Ayah proud while amongst the men in the bar?
4. 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.
5. 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?
6. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?
7. Why was Ayah satisfied when the white rancher fires Chato and evicted them from the shack?
8. 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?
9. What role did Azzie's bar play in Chato's development?
10. What does Ayah mean when she says "they are already being weaned from the lava hills and from this sky"?
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
How does alcohol act as a destroyer of Ayah and the Navajo people's lives and culture? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
What is the impact of the wars on especially Ayah? Does she understand the meaning of the war beyond her grief? Why does she not believe the war has anything to do with her or her people? Use the text to support your answer.
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