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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. How many children does Koi-ehm-toya see from her tipi?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Eight.
(c) Four.
(d) Seven.

2. How does Borges tell us myth relates to literature?
(a) It is the part of literature that endures.
(b) It is the end result.
(c) It is the beginning and the end.
(d) It is the beginning.

3. According to the Ethnographic Dictionary of Navajo language, why are astrological pursuits often associated with witchcraft?
(a) They require one who is consecrated to the task.
(b) They require solitude and darkness.
(c) They require the slaughter of animals.
(d) They require weird ingredients.

4. How did Koi-ehm-toya know the children were not foraging for food?
(a) There was plenty of food in the camp.
(b) No one had called them to hunt for food.
(c) They were running, not walking.
(d) They were too young to forage.

5. How old is Grey?
(a) Seventeen.
(b) Eighteen.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Twenty.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whose death does the story begin?

2. What is a hogleg?

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

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

5. What did Grey do at about the same time she acquired Dog?

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