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

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

3. What motivated Set to compromise his artistic vision?

4. According to the Ethnographic Dictionary of Navajo language, why are astrological pursuits often associated with witchcraft?

5. What was the date of Billy the Kid's death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What do masks represent to Grey as she makes them?

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

3. Why does Billy the Kid visit Grey while she tends the dying Kope'mah?

4. What is the purpose that Grey must serve in this chapter, although she is weary and hurt? What would she rather do?

5. Who is the mother and who is the child in Chapter Twelve of Book One?

6. How does Grey feel about her appearance?

7. What was Set's first real notion of the infinite?

8. Dwight Dicks and his son Murphy are discussing an event, and there is a menace among their words. What event are they discussing in Chapter Eighteen of Book One and why is there menace?

9. Why doesn't Paulita Maxwell weep?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The book begins with a section called "Planes," then a section called "Lines," then "Shapes," and ultimately, "Shadows." What do you think this geometrical view of the world represents? Use quotations from the story to support your point of view.

Essay Topic 2

Both Set and Grey come from more than one ancestral background. Discuss the similarities and differences between the families of each. Use direct quotations and examples from the story to support each point.

Essay Topic 3

Myths and legends are told through the generations for teaching purposes. The fact that this story ends with Set and Grey's great-great-grandson indicates that their story is part of that march of time. Briefly rewrite the story of Set as a Native American legend.

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