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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: A major theme of this excpert is that: (a) The Kiowas should have stayed at their original homeland in western Montana. (b) thinking about a person's youth perhaps is the most effective way to come to terms with the deeath of an aged relative. (c)young people should devote greater attention to the traditions of their forebears.(d)the culture of the Kiowas is strongly influenced by the physical world in whuch they live. |
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| the culture of the Kiowas is strongly influenced by the physical world in whuch they live. |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: Most of the imagery contained in the selection is intended to appeal to the reader's sense of: (a) sight (b) sound (c) touch (d) smell |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: In which of the following parts of the selection does the author rely most extensively on imagery? (a) examination of his grandmother's religious beliefs (b) discussion of the Kiowa Sun dance of 1877 (c) description of the Kiowa migration route from Montana (d) account of summer reunions at his grandmothers house. |
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| description of the Kiowa migration route from Montana |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: A map is included in the selection mainly to: (a) help readers understand the Kiowas' love of nature. (b) enable readers to visualize the Kiowa migration (c) illustrate the importance of mountains and riverws in Kiowa life (d) compare the different regions in which the Kiowas lived. |
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| enable readers to visualize the Kiowa migration |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: The author's aim in teh selection is to: (a) demonstrate the vigor of Kiowa culture (b) describe the world of his ancestors (c) expose the mistreatment of Kiowas (d) explore the meaning of religion. |
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| describe the world of his ancestors |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: Which of the following statements contains a reminiscence? (a) The aged visitors who came to my grandmothers house when I was a child were made of lean and leather, and they bore themselves upright. (b) Houses are like sentinels in the plain, old keepers of the weather watch. There, in a very little while, wood takes on teh appearance of great age. (c) From that moment, and so long as the legend lives, the Kiowas have kinsmen in the night sky. (d) warefare for the Kiowas was preeminently a matter of idsposition rather than of survival, and they never understood the grim, unrelenting advance of teh U.S. Cavalry. |
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| The aged visitors who came to my grandmothers house when I was a child were made of lean and leather, and they bore themselves upright. |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain:Which of the following best describes how athe Kiowas felt when they entered the southern Plains? (a) confused (b) contented (c) fearful (d) liberated |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: Which of the following sentences from the seleciton contains emotive language? (a) A dark mist lay over the Black HIlls, and the land was like iron" (b) At the top of a ridge I caught sight of Devil's Tower upthrust against the gray sky.." (c) There are things in nature that engender an awful quiet in the heart of man..." (d) Two centures agao...the Kiowas made a legend at the base of the rock. |
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| There are things in nature that engender an awful quiet in the heart of man..." |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: The Kiowas created a legend at the base of Devil's Tower in order to: (a) help them deal with their fear of the unknown. (b) demonstrate their reverence for the sun. (c) recognize the important role that women play in Kiowa society. (d) ask God to protect their children. |
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| help them deal with their fear of the unknown. |
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| The Way to Rainy Mountain: Which of the following sentences is the best example of visual imagery? (a) The hardest weather in the world is there. (b) At a distance in July or August the steaming foliage seems almost to writhe in fire." (c) Loneliness is an aspect of the land. (d) Your imagination comes to life, and this, you think, is where creation was begun. |
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| At a distance in July or August the steaming foliage seems almost to writhe in fire." |
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