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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ayah feel her home is connected to her?
(a) Chato's mother lives there.
(b) She and Chato buy it.
(c) It is a traditional Navajo home, and she is born there.
(d) Her ancestors build it.

2. Where does Ayah remember her mother taking her after the birth of her oldest son?
(a) To her hogan for sleep.
(b) To the elder.
(c) To the birthing stone.
(d) To an oracle.

3. What does Ayah smells through the night air at the end of the story?
(a) The reek of Chato's alcohol drenched body.
(b) The stench of fear.
(c) The woodsmoke of a hogan.
(d) The purity of half moon and the stars.

4. What are the sounds Ayah hears at the beginning of section two?
(a) Silence.
(b) Chato's cries.
(c) Dogs barking.
(d) People arguing.

5. What does Jimmie's Navajo name mean?
(a) Brave soldier.
(b) Beautiful son.
(c) Love.
(d) Summer morning.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah think of when she wraps the blanket around Chato?

2. After Ayah enters the bar, what does she neglect to do?

3. Who is Ayah unable to find in the bar?

4. What color is the sandrock on the mesa?

5. Why doesn't Ayah's and Chato's garden produce food?

(see the answer key)

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