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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 8, They Are Too Far Away | Book 1, Chapter 9, She Fixes Him in an Evil-eye Stare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the strange, disinterested figure who approaches Kope'mah?
(a) Death.
(b) Kope'mah.
(c) Grey.
(d) Tai-me.

2. What was the date of Billy the Kid's death?
(a) July 14.
(b) July 13.
(c) July 16.
(d) July 15.

3. Why does Dog return to Grey after he gallops away?
(a) To rest.
(b) To warn her of danger.
(c) To graze.
(d) To answer her call.

4. What prize had Momaday won when he wrote this book?
(a) The American Book Award.
(b) The Nobel Prize for Literature.
(c) The Pulitzer Prize.
(d) The National Book Award.

5. How old is Kope'mah when she falls ill?
(a) Eighty-five.
(b) One hundred.
(c) Ninety-four.
(d) Ninety-eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Grey imagine she gave Billy the Kid in jail?

2. How does Borges tell us myth relates to literature?

3. In the Kiowa myth, why are the boy's sisters running from him?

4. What is a hogleg?

5. Why did the singing and dancing among the Kiowa end?

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