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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Tayo think that white people have nothing?
(a) They are being destroyed by their greed
(b) Everything the white people have was stolen from the Indians
(c) They do not realize they are ruining the earth
(d) He does not like technology

2. What does the medicine man say white people are to witchery?
(a) Blackness against the light
(b) Nothing, witchery does not affect white people
(c) Tools to be used
(d) No different than Indians

3. Why was Betonie’s grandmother thrown out of her village when she was born?
(a) Her mother has no pain when she is born
(b) She has hazel eyes
(c) She is born on a double full moon
(d) She is born with a caul

4. What does Floyd Lee call his miles of barbed wire fencing?
(a) Cattle prod
(b) Indian bait
(c) Wolf-proof fence
(d) Home moat

5. What does Tayo do when Emo keeps talking about killing Japanese?
(a) He jumps up and calls Emo a killer
(b) He leaves the bar
(c) He knifes Emo in the arm
(d) He smashes a beer bottle over Emo’s head

6. What is Tayo's heritage?
(a) Luguna and a white man
(b) Luguna and Pueblo
(c) Anastzia and Pueblo
(d) Cree and Sioux

7. What does Ts’eh serve Tayo for dinner?
(a) Sweetened yams
(b) Chili
(c) Fried chicken
(d) Stew

8. What is the main thing wrong with white people, according to the creation legend?
(a) They cannot feel the path of light because their aura is too dense
(b) Their souls separate from their bodies when they are born
(c) They do not know what happened to their souls
(d) They see only objects and not living creatures or living earth

9. Where do Harley and Tayo pick up a ride after they leave the spring?
(a) Nowhere, they are riding
(b) At Harley’s house
(c) Near the edge of the desert barrio
(d) On the Acoma Road

10. In May where does Tayo tell his family he is going to go?
(a) To the ranch
(b) To Gallup
(c) To the spring cave
(d) To California

11. How is Tayo able to anticipate Auntie’s mood?
(a) By watching her face
(b) By what television show she has on
(c) By how high her voice is when she speaks
(d) By what she cooks

12. What does Helen Jean do for a living in her hometown before she moves to Gallup?
(a) Waitress
(b) Bartender
(c) Cook for a missionary
(d) Hotel maid

13. What does Josiah tell Tayo is the reason for droughts?
(a) The sun has changed its position
(b) When people forget and misbehave
(c) The white man abuses the land
(d) The wind is too wild

14. Where did the medicine man see Geronimo on display?
(a) Albuquerque
(b) Santa Fe
(c) St. Louis
(d) Tulsa

15. In one of the poems, who is Reed Woman's sister?
(a) Sky Woman
(b) Tree Woman
(c) Corn Woman
(d) Sand Woman

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the medicine man’s residence called?

3. How many years has it been dry since Tayo prayed the rain away?

4. What does the old Mexican man bring Tayo when Tayo is at the café?

5. What does Tayo say when Leroy offers him a drink while in the truck?

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