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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Alais Sancerre see in the painting "Venture Beyond Time"?

2. What is Billy the Kid's mood in Grey's vision of him?

3. How did Koi-ehm-toya know the children were not foraging for food?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Set is taught in school that art is resistance. But he doesn't believe it. How does Set define art?

2. What does Set think is the most wonderful of God's creations?

3. What feelings do the sisters experience as their brother turns into a bear?

4. Who first let Grey know that the bear was coming into her life?

5. What is the unanswered question, "Quien es?" in Chapter One of Book One?

6. How can you tell that Dog belongs to Grey?

7. What is the darkest power that Set has encountered? What would he have called this power if he had encountered it in another time and place?

8. Why is it that Grey never has to quest after visions?

9. What does Lola Bourne see in the painting "Night Window Man" that Set himself does not see?

10. Why did the parents of the lost children decide not to grieve for them?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In her childhood, Grey sees a Kiowa doll that she feels represents an important part of herself. Later, she sees a Navajo doll that seems to represent another aspect of herself. What does the Kiowa doll represent to Grey? What does the Navajo doll represent? Compare and contrast the different aspects of Kiowa and Navajo culture in Grey's life.

Essay Topic 2

Every author has a philosophical basis as well as a cultural one for the stories that he chooses to tell. Based on this story, examine what you think are Momaday's deeply-held beliefs about what is important in life. Justify your opinion with quotations and examples from the story.

Essay Topic 3

Analyze the differences in communication styles between Native Americans as viewed in this story and members of the mainstream culture. Find examples in the story to demonstrate cultural differences in communication.

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