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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Ayah go searching in the winter night?
(a) Because she needs to find someone.
(b) Because it is the Navajo way.
(c) Because she has no choice.
(d) Because she has the blanket.

2. Even with his dementia, what does Chato think of the white man's ranch?
(a) The white man and he are friends.
(b) The cattle are his people.
(c) The ranch is his home.
(d) The ranch can't run without him.

3. In the fourth section of the story, what is Chato doing when Ayah finds him?
(a) Screaming for help.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Drinking.
(d) Walking along the pavement.

4. According to Ayah, what tumbles the boulders down from the mesa?
(a) Rainstorms and earth tremors.
(b) Earthmover.
(c) Snowstorms.
(d) Lightning.

5. Why doesn't Ayah's and Chato's garden produce food?
(a) They don't take care of it.
(b) The summer heat kills it.
(c) They fail to water the garden.
(d) The sheep at the plants.

Short Answer Questions

1. What helps protect Ayah and Chato from the wind?

2. Outside of the place where Ayah and Chato live, what is the condition of the land?

3. What does Ayah believe makes Chato sleep during the freezing?

4. What traditional thing does Ayah and Chato do every May?

5. What does Ayah smells through the night air at the end of the story?

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