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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 Josiah ride when he is cutting cattle out on a deal with Ulibarri?
(a) A bay stallion
(b) A mule
(c) A palomino horse
(d) A burro

2. In what three colors does the medicine man paint paw prints next to bear footprints?
(a) Purple, black and white
(b) Red, yellow, and black
(c) Brown, green and blue
(d) Blue, yellow, and white

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

4. What does Harley have in his hand when the friends stop to pick up Tayo who is walking on the side of the road?
(a) A gun
(b) A camera
(c) Two cold beers
(d) Two bottles of Garden Deluxe Tokay

5. What does Josiah and Robert do to the deer while Rocky is gutting it?
(a) Sprinkle cornmeal in its nose
(b) Skin it
(c) Nothing
(d) Cut off its head

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to the willows in the arroyo?

2. What does Tayo's sergeant tell the men to do that Tayo is unable to do?

3. What does Emo call Tayo because Emo thinks Tayo believes he is better than the rest of them?

4. What does Rocky tell Josiah about the cattle books Josiah decides to abandon?

5. Why does Helen Jean go to the bars and hang out with the Indian men?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to the family’s shepherd, Harley, the dog and the sheep?

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

3. How does Josiah feel about Tayo and how does Josiah treat Tayo?

4. What does Betonie show Tayo about his illness and how it is related to white people?

5. How does Tayo start herding the cattle?

6. What does Tayo think about the cattle in the book compared to his uncle’s cattle?

7. What does Tayo first do when he goes to hunt for the cattle?

8. What does Tayo remember about Josiah and Night Swan?

9. What does Josiah tell Tayo about the spring and how does Tayo feel about the story?

10. What does Ku'oosh talk to Tayo about?

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