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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. Why did the singing and dancing among the Kiowa end?
(a) The seasons changed.
(b) They became quarrelsome.
(c) They moved to the mountains.
(d) Their group was divided.

2. Why does Koi-ehm-toya think her people have grown careless?
(a) No one is worried about the children's safety.
(b) They force children to forage for food.
(c) No one accompanied the children.
(d) They allow children to wander in the woods.

3. Where does Grey imagine she met Billy the Kid?
(a) On horseback.
(b) At the outhouse.
(c) In jail.
(d) In the courthouse.

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

5. What language does Grey grow up speaking?
(a) Navajo.
(b) Kiowa.
(c) English.
(d) Lakota Sioux.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the strange, disinterested figure who approaches Kope'mah?

5. How old is Dog?

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