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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What do the days of Ayah and Chato's journey smell like to Ayah?
2. What does Ayah think of when she wraps the blanket around Chato?
3. Why doesn't Ayah care about the loss of the money?
4. What does Silko use as a metaphor for the days Ayah and Chato lived together?
5. After Chato's return with the brown box, what does he do the first of every month?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The Anglos aren't the only people who have conflict with the Navajos and Ayah. Explain how Ayah and Chato along with other Navajos interact with Spanish Americans. What are the differences to how they interact with Anglos? Discuss the similarities. Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 2
In the opening scene of the story, Ayah is aware of nature's surroundings. How does Silko set up the tone of the rest of the story? What is the symbolic importance of the sun, snow, and nature and its relationship to Ayah at the onset of the story? Use the text to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
How do the hills and landscape comfort Ayah when she attempts to escape with the Danny and Ella to the mesa? After they are taken, it is this place Ayah stays. Why? What do the parts of the landscape mean to her? How do they remind her of her children? Use the text to support your answer.
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