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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes a central idea of The Way to Rainy Mountain?
It is important to preserve the oral tradition of the Kiowa people.
It is important to create a monument to the Tai-me.
It is important to honor one’s grandparents through song.
It is important to return to the practice of using buffalo medicine.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which detail from The Way to Rainy Mountain supports the central idea that the Kiowa keep their culture alive by passing down their traditional stories?
“It is…a remarkably rich and living verbal tradition.”
“I returned to Rainy Mountain in July.”
“There were frequent prayer meetings, and great nocturnal feasts.”
“The Kiowa language is hard to understand, but, you know, the storm spirit understands it.”
- 3. Multiple Choice
Early in The Way To Rainy Mountain, the author says, “The interim was a time of great adventure and nobility and fulfillment.”
How does Momaday support this central idea throughout the book?
Select each correct answer.
Momaday shows the adoption of horses.
He reveals how the Kiowa valued horses and dogs and buffaloes.
He tells how the Kiowas lived from the abundance of the land.
Momaday depicts the Kiowa expansion under the leadership of Tai-me.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Why does the theft of the Tai-me represent the decline of the Kiowa people?
The Tai-me symbolized the collective strength of the Kiowa people.
The people used the Tai-me to make trades with other tribes.
The horses left after the Tai-me was stolen.
The Tai-me was stolen by people within the tribe.
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the epilogue of The Way to Rainy Mountain, what do the Leonid meteors of 1833 represent?
the earliest years of the Kiowa people
the ending of a current way of life
the destruction of the Osage tribe
the loss of the Kiowa religious beliefs
- 6. Multiple Choice
In this excerpt from Section XVIII of The Way to Rainy Mountain, the author describes his relationship to the space around him.
You could see far and wide even at night, by the light of the moon; there was nothing to stand in your way. And when the season turned and it was necessary to move back into the house, there was a sense of confinement and depression for a time.
What does this description convey about the author?
He connects the emotion of the people to the condition of the land and seasons.
He finds mystical power in the nighttime sky.
He knows that with the change of seasons the end of the Kiowa culture is looming.
He faces depression when he has to be in large spaces alone.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.
There, at dawn, you can feel the silence. It is cold and clear and deep like water. It takes hold of you and will not let you go.
What is the effect of the imagery in this excerpt?
It creates a sense of the enormity of the silence.
It shows how the author engaged with the water personally.
It makes the author feel trapped.
It depicts the events in the narrative.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.
They lived at first in the mountains. They did not yet know of Tai-me, but this is what they knew: There was a man and his wife.
What effect does the language the author uses have on the tone of this excerpt?
It conveys that the content comes from an oral storytelling tradition.
It reveals that the content is based on historical facts.
It shows that the author had these experiences himself.
It suggests that the information is a religious experience.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Read this excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain.
She could tell of the Crows, who she had never seen, and of the Black Hills, where she had never been. I wanted to see in reality what she had seen more perfectly in the mind’s eye...
Which tone is conveyed by the language in this excerpt?
a sense of respect for Aho
misgivings about the future
spiritual longing for the past
disinterest in the present
- 10. Multiple Choice
Why does the author include historical passages in the book?
to validate the history of the Kiowa people
to show his own personal connection to the Kiowa
to reveal the spiritual background of the Kiowa
to remind readers to respect their heritage
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