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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 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.

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

3. What did Grey do at about the same time she acquired Dog?
(a) Proclaimed herself mayor of Bote, Oklahoma.
(b) Won twenty-eight barrel races.
(c) Tied thirteen calves in record time.
(d) Learned the Pony Express mount.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the townspeople react to Billy's escape?

2. Why did the Kiowa doll fascinate Grey?

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

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

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

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