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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. Who does Grey live with?

2. What surprised Kope'mah as a child when she watched buffalo with her father?

3. Where does Grey imagine she met Billy the Kid?

4. What word does Dwight Dicks use to mean "excellent?"

5. Who does Grey want to imitate as a rider?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How do the Native Americans let the summer go?

4. What passion did Grey acquire from Perfecto Atole?

5. What does Koi-ehm-toya see as her responsibility to the children who wander into the woods?

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

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

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

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

10. How does Grey feel about her appearance?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Momaday is a poet as well as a novelist, and many of the passages in this story are poetic. What makes poetry? Select three or four passages that you believe show characteristics of poetry and tell why you think so in each case.

Essay Topic 2

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.

Essay Topic 3

Both Set and Grey express themselves through art: Set as a painter and Grey as a writer. Write an essay analyzing the way each expresses himself or herself as it changes through the story. As you catalog the changes, determine whether you think each will continue to practice their painting and writing in the future. If so, do you think they will share their work with others? What do you make of the fact that their great-great grandson is an artist, a maker of shields?

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