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This test consists of 5 short answer questions and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ayah think she does to make the men in the bar fear her?

2. In the fourth section of the story, what is Chato doing when Ayah finds him?

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

4. How does Chato look at Ayah as he shuffles down the highway?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

How does alcohol act as a destroyer of Ayah and the Navajo people's lives and culture? Use the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

At the end of the story, Ayah sings a lullaby to Chato as he peacefully dies in his sleep during the bitter cold. How is the act representative of Ayah finding peace? In what ways does it support the Navajos' belief in the circle of life? What is the importance of song in Lullaby? How does the importance of oral tradition play into song and its usage in Lullaby? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

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