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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did the wise man advise the Piegan people to do about the disappearing boy?
(a) Forget about him.
(b) Do not believe in him.
(c) Go search for him.
(d) Meditate about him.

3. Who is Henry McCarty?
(a) A physician in Trinidad, Colorado.
(b) Billy the Kid.
(c) The sheriff pursuing Billy the Kid.
(d) Kope'mah's physician.

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

5. What does Set dream of losing in the woods?
(a) His adoptive father, Bent.
(b) Himself.
(c) The boy who turns into a bear.
(d) His dog Luki.

6. Why doesn't Jason want to display the painting Lola Bourne buys?
(a) It's nonrepresentational.
(b) It's disturbing.
(c) It's unskilled.
(d) It's different from Set's other work.

7. When Grey was being raped, who does she imagine is making love to her?
(a) Murphy Dicks.
(b) Billy the Kid.
(c) Dwight Dicks.
(d) Worcester Meat.

8. Why does Set hesitate to answer the telephone?
(a) He is not absolutely sure that he can speak.
(b) He doesn't want to tell the story of the bear.
(c) He doesn't want to speak to anyone.
(d) He doesn't want to confess that he is sick.

9. How did the townspeople react to Billy's escape?
(a) They cheered.
(b) They chased him.
(c) They didn't find out until much later.
(d) They hid.

10. What has the form of a wheel of burning glass?
(a) The galaxy earth is a part of.
(b) Ursa Major.
(c) Set's first art piece.
(d) Set's memory of his mother.

11. What two cultures combine in Grey?
(a) Kiowa and Navajo.
(b) Blackfoot and Nez Perce.
(c) Navajo and Cree.
(d) Kiowa and Sioux.

12. How does Murphy feel after he has lost the horse?
(a) He is heartbroken.
(b) He is confused.
(c) He is happy.
(d) He is ashamed.

13. What was Dwight Dicks' name for Dog?
(a) Murphy's Pig.
(b) Murphy's Law.
(c) Murphy's Own.
(d) Murphy.

14. What was the date of Billy the Kid's death?
(a) July 16.
(b) July 14.
(c) July 13.
(d) July 15.

15. What did Billy the Kid return as promised?
(a) Billy Burt's mare.
(b) Billy Burt's money.
(c) Jose Cordova's horse.
(d) Jose Cordova's money.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is Set?

2. What is the strange, disinterested figure who approaches Kope'mah?

3. Who told Set the story of the boy who turns into a bear?

4. Why was Jessie Mottledmare jealous of Grey?

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

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