N. Scott Momaday and "The Way to Rainy Mountain": Compreh.

According to N. Scott Momaday, "The most important question one can ask is..."

• Who am I?

• What's for lunch?

• Where are we?

• How can I be better?

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Where did N. Scott Momaday grow up?

• on Native American reservations in the Southwest

• on a Southern sugar plantation in Georgia

• in a military prison for Native Americans in Wyoming

• on a run-down wheat farm in Kansas

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.6

CCSS.RI.11-12.6

CCSS.RI.8.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.6

N. Scott Momaday's father was a member of the Kiowa tribe. Of what tribe were the ancestors of Momaday's mother?

• Kiowa

• Cherokee

• Iroquois

• Lenape

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CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which of the following most accurately describes the narrative development of the passage?

• all events occur in the recent past

• the speaker unfolds events as they occur in the present

• the focus shifts among present, prehistoric, historic, and recent past time

• the events occur mostly in prehistoric and present time

• the speaker does not distinguish prehistoric from historic events

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

The narrative style of the passage is best described as

• pointed and arch

• ornamental and refined

• blunt and brusque

• complex and enigmatic

• reflective and personal

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CCSS.RL.1.6

CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

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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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

The origins of the Kiowas explain

• why they worshiped the sun
• where their language came from 
• how they migrated to Montana
• how they became excellent hunters

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

What effect did meeting the crows have on the Kiowas?

• The Kiowas created Tai-me and the religion of the sun

• The Kiowas became strong and proud from realizing their destiny

• The Kiowas became determined to return to the mountains

• The two tribes joined forces against the Blackfeet

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CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.8.9

Momaday's grandmother was a child when soldiers refused to let the Kiowas

• hunt for beavers and deer
• display buffalo hides in their homes
• conduct the Sun Dance ritual
• travel from place to place

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CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which detail is part of the geographical strand in the structure of the memoir?

• "Your imagination comes to life, and this, you think, is where Creation was begun."
• "Descending eastward, the highland meadows are a stairway to the plain."
• "From that moment, and so long as the legend lives, the Kiowas have kinsmen in the night sky." 
• "The walls have closed in upon my grandmother's house."

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10