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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who allowed the children to be taken by the B.I.A.?
(a) Danny.
(b) Jimmie.
(c) Chato.
(d) Ayah.

2. What languages does Chato speak?
(a) English, Spanish, and Navajo.
(b) Spanish and Navajo.
(c) English and Navajo.
(d) Spanish and English.

3. Where were Ayah, Chato and their family living when the government car pulled up outside their home?
(a) In a teepee.
(b) In an apartment.
(c) In a hogan.
(d) A boxcar shack on the white man's ranch.

4. What did Ayah feel Chato did to her by teaching her to sign her name in English?
(a) Made her smarter.
(b) Hurt her.
(c) Betrayed her.
(d) Confused her.

5. What did Ayah do to try to prevent the Bureau of Indian Affairs from taking her children?
(a) She cursed them.
(b) She shot at them with a gun.
(c) She fought them.
(d) She hid them and herself in the hills.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the story?

2. Ayah remembers doing what to her mother when she knows it is time to give birth to Jimmie?

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

4. What point of view is the story told from?

5. What season does the setting take place in?

(see the answer key)

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