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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 12, They Sit So, Like Mother and Child | Book 1, Chapter 13, He Expounds: God's Boredom Is Infinite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did Kope'mah feel little respect for her son Worcester?
(a) He was violent.
(b) He was arrogant and rude.
(c) He was careless and dispassionate.
(d) He was passionate and wild.

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

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

4. What prize had Momaday won when he wrote this book?
(a) The Nobel Prize for Literature.
(b) The Pulitzer Prize.
(c) The American Book Award.
(d) The National Book Award.

5. What does Grey imagine she gave Billy the Kid in jail?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A note.
(d) A pin.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Murphy think he sounds like when he talks?

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

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

4. How old is Grey?

5. How old is Dog?

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