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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the components of a hogan?

2. Where is the old barn located according to Ayah?

3. Why does Ayah hope the government money and the wine are gone?

4. Why does Ayah feel that no one in the bar could hurt her?

5. What is the weather doing as Ayah and Chato walk together?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Why does Silko end Ayah's and Chato's lives in the manner she does? Do you find this method effective ending? Why or why not? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

Ayah states that the Navajo elders advise against learning the white man's language or his ways for it endangers them. How does Ayah's life story of tragedy at the hands of white prove the validity of this statement? In what ways does Chato embody that danger the elders warn about? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

What is Ayah and Chato's garden a symbol of? What is the purpose its role in the story. What does it mean to Ayah and Chato and to the theme of tradition and pride? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

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