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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 does the author describe Kiowa life in the summertime?
(a) It was frightening.
(b) It was idyllic.
(c) It was deprived.
(d) It was dirty and ignorant.

2. Why did the Kiowa doll fascinate Grey?
(a) She felt it represented an unknown culture.
(b) She felt it represented a world she didn't understand.
(c) She felt it was more beautiful than she.
(d) She felt it represented part of herself.

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

4. 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 weird ingredients.
(d) They require the slaughter of animals.

5. Which tribe's myth forms the basis of this story?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Kiowa.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Kope'mah when she falls ill?

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

3. What does death seem to be to Kope'mah?

4. What made Grey's great-grandmother, Kope'mah, into a medicine woman?

5. What was the date of Billy the Kid's death?

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