Paint the Wind

Who is Maya?

• a chicken

• a girl

• a woman

• a horse

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Which animal is Artimisia?

• a horse

• a chicken

• a cow

• a girl

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Who is Klee?

• a fawn

• a chick

• a foal

• a calf

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What happened to Maya´s grandmother?

• She abandoned Maya

• She lost Maya at the store

• She died

• She went to the hospital

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What does Maya imagine she would tell her mother if she could?

• About the delicious breakfast Valentina makes for them

• How good she would be if only she could have her mother back

• About how beautiful the horses are in her father’s paintings

• All the frivolous things Grandmother does not want to hear

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Why hasn’t Maya seen her mother’s family since her parents died?

• Maya was too painful a reminder of her mother’s accident for them

• Grandmother told them that was what Maya’s parents wanted

• Maya has been too afraid of horses until now

• They wander in deserted places and have been difficult to contact

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According to the book, what happens after a wild male stallion is about two years old?

• They are collected to live on ranches

• Few horses live that long

• He leaves his mother’s family and joins a band of stallions

• He must be especially careful not to injure his legs

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How do Artemisia and Maya save each other after the earthquake?

• Maya does not manage to save Artemisia

• Maya uncovers the debris that covers Artemisia, and Artemisia stays with Maya until she is well enough to ride back to the camp.

• Maya rescues Klee from the mountain lion and Artemisia protects Maya from the wolves

• Maya arranges for Artemisia to be reunited with Sargent, and Artemisia keeps Maya from falling into the canyon

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What important choice does Maya make at the end of the book?

• She sets Artemisia free, because she knows the pain of being confined

• She explains to Moose that California will always be her true home

• She begins painting lessons to re-capture the memory of her father

• She re-builds the camp after the earthquake as an apology to Payton

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How does Aunt Vi say she feels about Maya’s grandmother?

• She feels angry and resentful of her

• She feels sadness and sorry for her

• She is pleased and grateful to her

• She is determined to get along with her

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