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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lalo retire and close his bar?

2. In one of the poems, who is Reed Woman's sister?

3. Who does Tayo keep thinking he sees as being dead?

4. What does the medicine man say the white doctors do with the dead in the mental hospitals?

5. Where does Ulibarri live?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Where is Tayo when his friends find him and what does Tayo tell himself about them?

3. What does the woman tell Tayo when she sees him again and what is his response?

4. What does Ku'oosh say to Tayo after Tayo talks to Ku'oosh and what does Ku'oosh leave Tayo? What is Tayo’s response?

5. What are Tayo’s symptoms after he leaves the hospital and how does a Japanese person help him?

6. What does Old Grandma do with Tayo, what does he think he needs to do and what does she want him to do?

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

8. Why does Tayo attack Emo?

9. How does Tayo prefer to sleep and how does Old Grandma and Robert feel around Tayo?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The medicine man's voice of reason, enlightenment and healing makes a very powerful statement.

Discuss the ways in which the medicine man’s talks with Tayo helped Tayo to heal. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

When Ku'oosh comes to Tayo, he brings medicines — the Indian tea and the blue corn, but he also brings stories, another form of medicine.

Discuss why stories might help a person dealing with mental or emotional agony. What are two stories Tayo is told and how do you think they related to his situation?

Essay Topic 3

There is a contrast drawn between Native American spirituality and Christianity, and Christianity doesn't come off very well. Auntie is the only character in the story who represents the white man's religion, and her whole existence is focused on the reputation of the family.

Discuss the reasons the above statement may or may not be valid using illustrations from Auntie’s behavior that is derived from her religion and examples of the medicine man’s behavior that is derived from his spiritual beliefs.

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