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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 24, This Matter of Having No Name Is Perhaps the Center of the Story | Book 1, Chapter 25, The Bear Comes Forth.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why did the singing and dancing among the Kiowa end?
(a) Their group was divided.
(b) The seasons changed.
(c) They became quarrelsome.
(d) They moved to the mountains.

2. 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 one who is consecrated to the task.
(c) They require weird ingredients.
(d) They require the slaughter of animals.

3. Who is Luke?
(a) A horse.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A Kiowa boy.

4. Who is Cate?
(a) Another name for Set.
(b) Catlin Setmaunt, Set's grandfather
(c) Catlin Setmaunt, Set's father.
(d) Another name for Kope'mah.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old was Set when his father died?

2. What promise had Grey made that preys on Set?

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

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

5. When Grey was being raped, who does she imagine is making love to her?

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