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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Chato get the items in the big brown box?

2. Through what part of the sky can Ayah see a star as the weather changes?

3. What does Ayah see pushing into the sky's distance during the storm in the fourth section?

4. According to Ayah, she once found Chato wandering his way to where?

5. Why doesn't Ayah's and Chato's garden produce food?

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

At the end of the story, Ayah sings a lullaby to Chato as he peacefully dies in his sleep during the bitter cold. How is the act representative of Ayah finding peace? In what ways does it support the Navajos' belief in the circle of life? What is the importance of song in Lullaby? How does the importance of oral tradition play into song and its usage in Lullaby? Use fact details from 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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