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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who came to tell Ayah that her remaining two children were sick?
(a) A white doctor.
(b) Chato.
(c) An elder.
(d) The medicine man.

2. When Ayah thinks back to the times she spent with her two children, what does she think happened?
(a) They grew to love her.
(b) They grew to hate her.
(c) They grew to deal with her ways.
(d) They became strangers.

3. According to Ayah's memory, what would have happened to her if she entered the bar years ago?
(a) She would have been served without a problem.
(b) They would have thrown her out.
(c) She would have had to enter through a backdoor.
(d) She would have been arrested.

4. In the present, at the beginning of the second section, where is Ayah?
(a) In the woods.
(b) At home.
(c) In Cebolleta.
(d) On the mesa.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the sounds Ayah hears at the beginning of section two?

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

3. Who are the Yeibechei?

4. As Ayah sits in the snow, what does she think about her shoes?

5. The last time Ayah met with her children, how did Ella stare at her?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Silko make a point of stating that the white doctors came before they hire Navajo women to go with them as interpreters?

2. Why didn't Ayah sleep after the children are taken from her?

3. Why did the men in the bar remind Ayah of the first time white people brought Danny and Ella back?

4. What does the statement, "...in the springtime the thin cows graze on grass already chewed flat to the ground" symbolize to the Navajo culture during the time in which Ayah is living?

5. What did Ayah feel when she enters Azzie's Bar in search of Chato?

6. Although Ayah doesn't cry at first, she "hurts inside with anger". What does this mean and how does it fuel her anger toward the white man?

7. How does Ayah's fear of the white doctors drive her to give away her children?

8. Why was Ayah proud while amongst the men in the bar?

9. How is losing Danny and Ella "worse than if they died" to Ayah?

10. When Ayah openly accuses the whites of lying, why does Chato's words, "It's too late now", symbolic of the white and Native American relationships of the past?

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