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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 8, They Are Too Far Away | Book 1, Chapter 9, She Fixes Him in an Evil-eye Stare.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What passion had Perfecto Atole given Grey?
(a) Sex.
(b) Drugs.
(c) Horse racing.
(d) Rodeo.

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

3. What does death seem to be to Kope'mah?
(a) A blessing.
(b) An enemy.
(c) A riddle.
(d) A friend.

4. Which tribe's myth forms the basis of this story?
(a) Kiowa.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Cherokee.
(d) Navajo.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Kiowa doll fascinate Grey?

2. In the Kiowa myth, why are the boy's sisters running from him?

3. With whose death does the story begin?

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

5. What did Grey do at about the same time she acquired Dog?

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