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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 did Koi-ehm-toya's great-great grandson become?

2. How long does Worcester Meat think he will live?

3. What does Lela say has made Set sick?

4. Why don't Grey and Set speak at the dance?

5. What word does Set thinks best describes Grey's personality?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were the Piegan people unable to believe in the child?

2. How does Grey feel about herself during her pregnancy?

3. Grey closes one calendar and opens another in Chapter Eleven of Book Two. What do these different calendars represent?

4. What characteristic does Grey say is shared by her mother and her sister and her niece?

5. Why does Dr. Merriman's knowledge of folklore, witchcraft, and medical mythology fail to impress Set?

6. What understanding about Set does Lola Bourne come to while he is hospitalized?

7. Why did the native people move south into the great plains?

8. As Grey changes from a girl to a woman, how does Set's attitude toward her change?

9. Why does each man of the Plains Indians look upon Tsoai first thing each morning?

10. Who is the boy that Set sees and hears in the garden of his old house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Describe the birth of Grey and Set's child. Include details from the story and try to make predictions based on the known details. For instance, if the child is a boy, what do you think they will name him, and why? If it is a girl, what do you think they will name her and why? What kind of education do you think they will want for their child? How do you think they will celebrate the birth? Where do you think they will live? Remember to have plausible justification for each of your story elements.

Essay Topic 2

Explain which purpose Momaday had in mind as he wrote. Was his purpose to inform, to entertain, or to persuade? Why do you think so? Was he successful in achieving his purpose?

Essay Topic 3

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.

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