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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ayah, what keeps her people connected to the land?
(a) Dancing.
(b) Farming.
(c) Weaving.
(d) Singing.

2. Why is Chato permitted in the bars?
(a) Because he speaks Spanish like one of them.
(b) Because he is kind.
(c) Because he is a regular.
(d) Because he has a running tab.

3. Ayah remembers that when Ella came to visit, she used to____.
(a) Nuzzle close to her like she does when she is a baby.
(b) Sit down by the fire.
(c) Hide behind the white man.
(d) Hide behind the white woman.

4. Who came to Ayah's house to discuss news about Jimmie?
(a) A uniformed man dressed in a khaki uniform.
(b) A medicine man.
(c) Chato.
(d) A Navajo man with a government worker.

5. What shocked the visitor about Ayah and Chato's decision about Jimmie's body?
(a) Chato cried.
(b) Ayah didn't cry.
(c) That Chato and Ayah did not want it returned to them.
(d) Ayah screamed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the air burn Ayah's lungs while she walks?

2. Where does Ayah go first on her search?

3. How does warming herself by the fire make Ayah feel?

4. Who are the Yeibechei?

5. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?

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