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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ayah, what does she and Chato not have enough of for five years?

2. According to Ayah, the freezing has what kind of strength?

3. How does Ayah describe the freezing?

4. Why does Ayah choose to stop walking at the end of the story?

5. What does Ayah think she does to make the men in the bar fear her?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Chato spends much of their monthly welfare check on alcohol. Why does he do this? Why does Ayah believe he does this? How does this issue of shame play out in Chato's other actions? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

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.

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