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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. According to the Ethnographic Dictionary of Navajo language, why are astrological pursuits often associated with witchcraft?
(a) They require weird ingredients.
(b) They require the slaughter of animals.
(c) They require solitude and darkness.
(d) They require one who is consecrated to the task.

2. Who tells Grey that the bear is coming?
(a) The bear himself.
(b) Perfecto Atole.
(c) Koi-ehm-toya.
(d) Kope'mah.

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

4. Who does Murphy think he sounds like when he talks?
(a) Perfecto Atole.
(b) A coward.
(c) The rodeo announcer.
(d) His father.

5. According to the prologue, how did the giant rock Tsoai become lined?
(a) Water erosion made ditches down the sides.
(b) It was torn being pulled up from the earth.
(c) Hunters scored it with their spears.
(d) The bear scratched it with his claws.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the Kiowa myth, why are the boy's sisters running from him?

2. Why did the Kiowa doll fascinate Grey?

3. Why does Dog return to Grey after he gallops away?

4. What surprised Kope'mah as a child when she watched buffalo with her father?

5. Why did Kope'mah feel little respect for her son Worcester?

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