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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. How did Chato tell Ayah that Jimmie died?
2. After a time, Ayah realized that she could no longer do what with her two remaining children?
3. Why does Ayah need to warm herself by the fire?
4. At the beginning of the second section, what is the weather doing?
5. What are the names of Ayah's two children she lost to the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Ayah feel the men look at her like she is a spider?
2. Why didn't Ayah mourn Jimmie's death when she first hears the news?
3. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?
4. What does Ayah recognize about Chato's drinking?
5. What is the significance of Chato being able to go into Azzie's Bar, where once Navajos are thrown out?
6. What is the significance of Ayah recognizing one of the white doctors who came to her home?
7. Why did Ayah feel relieved that the wine and the government money were gone?
8. Why was Ayah satisfied when the white rancher fires Chato and evicted them from the shack?
9. Why does the men's fear in the bar satisfy Ayah?
10. What is the significance of Jimmie's old Army blanket to Ayah?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is the language of Lullaby lyrical? How does the word choice that Silko uses to tell the story act as a song? 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
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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