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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 20, It All Comes to Nothing | Book 1, Chapter 21, She Turns to the Painting Again.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What caused the butterflies to swarm up from the grass?
(a) The flight of an eagle.
(b) Kope-mah's chanting.
(c) Dog running.
(d) Grey running.

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

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

5. What is the strange, disinterested figure who approaches Kope'mah?
(a) Death.
(b) Grey.
(c) Tai-me.
(d) Kope'mah.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Borges tell us myth relates to literature?

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

3. What does Lola think about the little man in the painting she buys?

4. How does Murphy lose his horse?

5. Why does Koi-ehm-toya think her people have grown careless?

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