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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?
(a) Nothing
(b) The books are written by scientist so one should follow their advice
(c) The books will not help with raising cattle
(d) The books are written by white idiots

2. How does the Japanese soldier kill Rocky?
(a) Hitting his head with a rifle butt
(b) Stabbing him in the heart
(c) Shooting him
(d) Breaking his neck

3. What does Harley say he traded for the truck he is driving?
(a) His grandfather’s ceremonial dress
(b) The land that was stolen from the Indians
(c) Nothing, he does not mention a trade
(d) His army medals and fifty dollars

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

5. When Emo is banished from the Pueblo, where does he go?
(a) Mississippi
(b) California
(c) Newfoundland
(d) New York

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with the wool blankets the army gave the Indians in the 1800’s?

2. What does the woman with reddish hair do when white men come to harass the women at the arroyo?

3. What happens to Harley when he left the sheep he was watching and left his horse tied by the road?

4. Why does Auntie keep Josiah very busy?

5. How does Ts’eh match up plants and stones when she is sorting them on her table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who are the family members who are kind to Tayo?

2. Where does Robert take Tayo at Ku'oosh’s suggestion and how does Tayo feel when he gets there? How does Tayo’s feelings change?

3. How do Josiah and the boys learn about cattle care?

4. What does Tayo first do when he leaves Betonie?

5. What happens to Tayo after he attacks Emo?

6. What does Tayo do with his memories of Night Swan and Josiah?

7. What does Betonie tell Tayo about why Tayo saw Indian faces in the Japanese?

8. What does Betonie do when he takes Tayo up into the foothills? How does Tayo respond?

9. How is Rocky different from Tayo and what does Rocky want to do when he is an adult?

10. What does Tayo watch his friends do from a boulder above them?

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