Ceremony Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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Ceremony Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

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

2. When does Lalo retire and close his bar?

3. What does the medicine man tell Tayo to do after they walk Tayo through the Ceremony?

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

5. Where do Harley and Tayo pick up a ride after they leave the spring?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Tayo start herding the cattle?

2. How does Rocky and Auntie feel about Josiah’s decision on how to take care of the cattle?

3. Why does Tayo’s aunt dislike Tayo and Tayo’s mother?

4. What happens when Tayo is knocked unconscious and then wakes?

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

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

7. Where are Tayo and Rocky sent, what kind of problem does Tayo have there and what does Rocky do to try and help Tayo?

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

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

10. What kind of Indian is Tayo and what are his earliest memories of his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

This writer, a Native American herself, is communicating a way her own people can adapt to the changes that have taken place and are taking place in their own world while hanging on to their own identity at the same time.

Discuss at least three ways which Silko advocates can help her people adapt to the changes in their culture while continuing to hold onto their own cultural identity. Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

Essay Topic 2

Ceremony belongs to the Native American fiction genre.

Define the literary term "genre" and name three other genres in addition to the Native American fiction genre. What are the advantages and disadvantages of assigning a genre to a novel? What do you think is the difference between a Native American fiction and a science fiction novel or a mystery?

Essay Topic 3

One medicine man also talks about the fragility of the world, something that Tayo understands intimately. He knows all too well how difficult it is to maintain balance in a hostile, chaotic world.

Why do you think Tayo sees the world as hostile and chaotic and what do you think Tayo means by balance? Use examples from Ceremony to support your response.

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