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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Chapter 12, They Sit So, Like Mother and Child | Book 1, Chapter 13, He Expounds: God's Boredom Is Infinite.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Kiowa myth, why are the boy's sisters running from him?
(a) The boy has become a bear.
(b) They're playing a game.
(c) They're having a foot race.
(d) The boy is being mean to them.

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

3. What is the strange, disinterested figure who approaches Kope'mah?
(a) Grey.
(b) Kope'mah.
(c) Death.
(d) Tai-me.

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

5. Where does Grey imagine she met Billy the Kid?
(a) In jail.
(b) In the courthouse.
(c) On horseback.
(d) At the outhouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. What language does Grey grow up speaking?

2. How does Grey feel about the horse she names Dog?

3. How old is Kope'mah when she falls ill?

4. Why did the Kiowa doll fascinate Grey?

5. What motivated Set to compromise his artistic vision?

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