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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. At the opening of the second section, who is Ayah searching for?
2. When Ayah thinks back to the times she spent with her two children, what does she think happened?
3. After Ayah enters the bar, what does she neglect to do?
4. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?
5. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
Short Essay Questions
1. Ayah signs the papers the white doctors want, feeling proud that she can sign her name in English. Why does this simple act of signing her name cost her so much?
2. Why did Ayah believe Chato is a stranger?
3. What does Ayah mean when she says "they are already being weaned from the lava hills and from this sky"?
4. 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?
5. 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?
6. What is significant about Chato getting sick after the white rancher he works for fires him and evicts him from the ranch?
7. What was the purpose of Ayah sleeping in the hills after the children are taken?
8. How did Ayah find peace in the fear stained air of Azzie's Bar?
9. 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?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 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
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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