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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the beard of the store keeper where Tayo tries to buy some candy?
(a) Black
(b) Red
(c) Blond
(d) Brown

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

3. What does the woman with reddish hair do when white men come to harass the women at the arroyo?
(a) Shoots one with her bow
(b) She ignores them
(c) Kicks one of them in the groin
(d) Throws the bottles back at the white men and curses them

4. Why do the two cowboys chasing Tayo leave not take him back to their boss?
(a) They find some mountain lion tracks
(b) They have to find some missing cattle
(c) They see that his bill of sale is legitimate
(d) They are too far from the main house

5. What do the old singers send to Descheeny?
(a) Any animal who is injured
(b) Boxes of tobacco
(c) Patients they cannot cure
(d) Bottles of liquor

6. What is the name of Auntie’s old dog who always ran after female dogs in heat?
(a) Lightning
(b) Tanker
(c) Pepper
(d) Laddie

7. What is the tribe of the woman who is in the truck with Harley and Leroy when they stop and pick up Tayo?
(a) Mohawk or Cherokee
(b) Navajo or Seminole
(c) Apache or Ute
(d) Pawnee or Prince Nez

8. What kind and what color of truck does Josiah drive?
(a) A black Chevy
(b) A red Ford
(c) A white El Camino
(d) A blue GMC

9. What does Tayo eat as he is walking back to Ts’eh’s house?
(a) Gum drops
(b) Pinon nuts
(c) Nothing
(d) Beef jerky

10. Where does Harley tell Leroy to take Tayo for a cure?
(a) The cold Coors hospital
(b) The VA hospital
(c) The medicine man
(d) The Red Rooster

11. What does Rocky wish for when he and Tayo throw money off the bridge in San Diego?
(a) A safe return
(b) That Japan is destroyed with a large tsunami
(c) That his father returns from the war
(d) That Tayo and he return heroes

12. What does the army recruiter tell Tayo and Rocky about joining the military?
(a) He does not mention anything about them being Indians
(b) He tells them anyone can fight for America when there is a war
(c) He tells them it will bring money to the reservation
(d) He says there is a special Indian unit

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

14. What does the medicine man tell Tayo about what witchery does?
(a) It is responsible for everything that happens
(b) Witchery does not discriminate between white man and Indian
(c) It only manipulates a small portion of reality
(d) It does not exist

15. How old is Tayo when his mother leaves him?
(a) Four
(b) Six
(c) Two
(d) Five

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the blond girl on the calendar in the store holding in her hand?

2. In which direction do the cows always run?

3. What does Tayo do right before Rocky begins to dress a deer they killed in a hunt?

4. In what three colors does the medicine man paint paw prints next to bear footprints?

5. What does Emo carry in his little bag?

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