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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Ceremony.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about who the medicine man’s grandmother was?
(a) He did not know his grandmother
(b) She was a Navajo
(c) She was white
(d) She was a Mexican with green eyes

2. What is unusual about the pine tree where Tayo makes a hole in the fence where his cattle are located?
(a) It has three trunks
(b) It has been split by lightning
(c) It is bent over so that it top almost touches the ground
(d) It has grown into one tree with an oak

3. What is the name of the Apache sheepherder Auntie has?
(a) Mike
(b) Daniel
(c) White Cloud
(d) Geronimo

4. What does Tayo tell Ku'oosh about Tayo’s experience in the war?
(a) He never killed one enemy
(b) He killed too many innocent people
(c) He refuses to talk about the war at all
(d) He watched his best friend die

5. What is the worst thing for Tayo when in the war?
(a) The lack of privacy
(b) The sound of crickets
(c) The sound of artillery exploding
(d) The rain

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of victims is Descheeny known to be able to help?

2. According to the poem "Ceremony" at the beginning of the book, what tries to destroy the stories?

3. What does Betonie draw in the sand that he tells Tayo to remember?

4. With what does the medicine man cut Tayo’s head?

5. Why does Josiah not brand the cows when he first gets them?

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