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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the condition of Chato's boots?

3. What does Ayah see pushing into the sky's distance during the storm in the fourth section?

4. What arrives at the post office in a colorful government envelope?

5. Why do Ayah and Chato perform the traditional actions every May?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

How is the language of Lullaby lyrical? How does the word choice that Silko uses to tell the story act as a song? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

Essay Topic 3

Chato spends much of their monthly welfare check on alcohol. Why does he do this? Why does Ayah believe he does this? How does this issue of shame play out in Chato's other actions? Use fact details from the text to support your answer.

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