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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What reminds Ayah of tufts of wool at the beginning of the story?
(a) Smoke
(b) Yarn.
(c) Flowers.
(d) Snow.

2. What branch of the military did Jimmie go into?
(a) Army.
(b) Navy.
(c) Air Force.
(d) Marines.

3. What is one characteristic of Ayah's mother's woven blankets?
(a) They are used as rug.
(b) Rain rolls off them.
(c) They are sold for a lot of money.
(d) They are pretty.

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

5. What war did Jimmie leave to go fight?
(a) Vietnam War.
(b) World War I.
(c) World War II.
(d) Korean War.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of the story, where is Ayah sitting?

2. What is Jimmie's birth order?

3. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?

4. Where does Ayah remember her mother using the loom?

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

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