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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ayah remembers what types of items in the black pot that are used for dying wool?
(a) Flowers.
(b) Berries, sage, and beeweed petals.
(c) Berries, herbs, and plants.
(d) Ink dyes.

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

3. As Ayah learned the rhythm of her pains while in labor with Jimmie, what did she smell outside the stone hogan?
(a) Frybread.
(b) Smoke.
(c) Bee flowers blooming and willows.
(d) Dew.

4. How does warming herself by the fire make Ayah feel?
(a) Calm.
(b) Fearful.
(c) Loved.
(d) Nervous.

5. As a little girl, what did Ayah do with the raw, washed wool?
(a) Pulled the twigs and burrs from it.
(b) Passed it to her grandmother.
(c) Handed it to her mother.
(d) Dyed it.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the main character in the story?

2. What are the first smells that greet Ayah when she opens the door of the bar?

3. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?

4. What season does the setting take place in?

5. In the present, at the beginning of the second section, where is Ayah?

(see the answer key)

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