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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Ayah worked with the wool as a little girl, what did her grandma do?
(a) She wove the yarn on the loom.
(b) She prayed.
(c) She sheared the sheep.
(d) She spun yarn around spindles.

2. What is Jimmie's birth order?
(a) Youngest.
(b) Middle.
(c) Second youngest.
(d) Eldest.

3. Where does the story take place?
(a) In New York.
(b) In Taos.
(c) In Phoenix.
(d) In Navajo Country.

4. During the last visit with Danny and Ella, what did Danny give to Ayah?
(a) A note.
(b) A flower.
(c) A plant.
(d) A bird he draew on paper.

5. What point of view is the story told from?
(a) First person.
(b) Second person.
(c) Third person ominiscent.
(d) Third person limited.

6. Why does the air burn Ayah's lungs while she walks?
(a) The snow was deep.
(b) She smoked.
(c) She's tired.
(d) She had asthma.

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

8. 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.

9. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?
(a) With love.
(b) With hope.
(c) With anger.
(d) Like the men in the bar do.

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

11. What did Jimmie send to Ayah from the war?
(a) His army blanket.
(b) Postcards.
(c) Letters written in Navajo.
(d) Pictures.

12. When the children visited for the last time, why did Ayah not say goodbye?
(a) Because they didn't say goodbye to her.
(b) Because she turned away from them.
(c) Because she forgot.
(d) Because they didn't understand her.

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

14. After Ayah enters the bar, what does she neglect to do?
(a) Lower her eyes.
(b) Pay.
(c) Close the door.
(d) Speak to the bartender.

15. During the last visit with the children, what did Danny struggle to do with Ayah?
(a) Work.
(b) Hug.
(c) Speak Navajo.
(d) Play.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ayah go first on her search?

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

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

4. Why does Ayah visually search every dark place in the bar?

5. How did Chato break his leg?

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