Way to Rainy Mountain

The Way to Rainy Mountain was written by

• N. Scott Momaday
• Billy Joel
• Jared Diamond
• Rosella Lorenzi

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Rainy Mountain is located in 

• Nebraska
• Oklahoma
• California
• Utah

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You will soon (hopefully) be a ________ junior.

• jolly
• jumping
• jabberbox
• jet-setting

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What is one reason the Sun Dance went away in Rainy Mountain

• Those who performed it became enemies
• buffalo were difficult to find, so the buffalo head needed for the dance was missing
• the Native Americans left the area
• the people in the area decided the dance was useless and they didn't have time for it anymore

In "The Way to Rainy Mountain" excerpt from your book, the main people in the story are the

• Comanche

• Kiowa

• Blackfoot

• Crow

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The narrator tells a legend about a ______ god.

• Fire

• Water

• Sun

• Earth

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Which animal was associated with the religious ceremony?

• eagle

• wolf

• buffalo

• crow

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In the legend mentioned in the story, the seven sister became what constellation?

• the Little Dipper

• the Big Dipper

• the Pliades

• The Archer

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At the end, the narrator

• climbs Rainy Mountain.

• does not climb Rainy Mountain.

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From the historical events described in this memoir, you learn that the Kiowas once

• defeated the U.S. calvary
• returned to the mountains
• farmed the land
• ruled the plains

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