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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 a time, Ayah realized that she could no longer do what with her two remaining children?
2. What reminds Ayah of tufts of wool at the beginning of the story?
3. How does Ayah mourn Jimmie?
4. What is one characteristic of Ayah's mother's woven blankets?
5. Why does Chato often disappear at the beginning of the month?
Short Essay Questions
1. 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?
2. 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?
3. Why does Ayah point out that Chato speaks both English and Spanish during the scene with the Army official? Why is this important?
4. What does Ayah's walk back to the bar symbolize?
5. Why did Ayah search for Chato?
6. How is losing Danny and Ella "worse than if they died" to Ayah?
7. Why did Ayah not say good-bye to Danny and Ella during the last visit?
8. Why did Ayah believe Chato is a stranger?
9. What does Silko mean when she says that Ayah's life becomes memories?
10. Why did Ayah feel the men look at her like she is a spider?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Throughout Lullaby, there is a constant clash between Navajo and Anglos. In what ways are both sides misunderstood and which are deliberate? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Historical facts and myths about Native Americans and Anglos are incorporated throughout Lullaby. Explain how Ayah's beliefs about the Anglos both help and hurt her life. Use fact details from the text to support your answer.
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