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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?

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

3. What kind of livestock does Chato and Ayah have at their home?

4. What emotion does Ayah feel as she leaves the bar in Section 3?

5. According to Ayah, what streams white mist in the sky's distance during the storm?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does life and death intermix in Ayah's life? What role do they play in her connection with her people, her culture, and her family? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

How do the hills and landscape comfort Ayah when she attempts to escape with the Danny and Ella to the mesa? After they are taken, it is this place Ayah stays. Why? What do the parts of the landscape mean to her? How do they remind her of her children? Use the text to support your answer.

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