The Ancient Child | Short Answer Test Questions

Short Answer Questions

Directions: Answer each question with the appropriate short response.

Short Answer Questions - Front Matter and Prologue | Book 1, Chapter 1, Paulita Maxwell Does Not Weep

1. According to the prologue, how did the giant rock Tsoai become lined?

2. According to the Ethnographic Dictionary of Navajo language, why are astrological pursuits often associated with witchcraft?

3. With whose death does the story begin?

4. Which tribe's myth forms the basis of this story?

5. What prize had Momaday won when he wrote this book?

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

Short Answer Questions - Book 1, Chapter 2, Somewhere a Raven Calls | Book 1, Chapter 3, The Next Moment Is Forever to Come

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

2. Where...
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