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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. How old is Set?
(a) Fifty-seven.
(b) Thirty-five.
(c) Forty-four.
(d) Twenty-six.

2. What passion had Perfecto Atole given Grey?
(a) Rodeo.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Sex.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many children does Koi-ehm-toya see from her tipi?

3. With whose death does the story begin?

4. According to the Ethnographic Dictionary of Navajo language, why are astrological pursuits often associated with witchcraft?

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

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