"Why are you following me? What do you want?" The man was afraid. The thing standing before him had the feet of a deer, and its body was covered with feathers. The man answered that the Kiowas were hungry. "Take me with you," the voice said, "and I will give you whatever you want." From that day Tai-me has belonged to the Kiowas.Once I went with my father and grandmother to see the Tai-me bundle. It was suspended by means of a strip of ticking from the fork of a small ceremonial tree. I made an offering of red cloth, and my grandmother prayed aloud.Which statement best compares the tones of the two passages?A.The first passage tells the story of the Kiowa people to achieve an instructional tone, but the second passage uses personal experience to achieve a reflective tone.B.The first passage uses sensory-based language to achieve a reflective tone, but the second passage uses factual descriptions to achieve an informative tone.C.The first passage teaches a lesson to achieve an enlightening tone, but the second passage uses historical information to achieve an objective tone.D.The first passage tells the story of the Kiowa people to achieve an instructive tone, but the second passage teaches a lesson to achieve an enlightening tone.

She was ten when the Kiowas came together for the last time as a living Sun Dance culture. They could find no buffalo; they had to hang an old hide from the sacred tree. Before the dance could begin, a company of soldiers rode out from Fort Sill under orders to disperse the tribe. Forbidden without cause the essential act of their faith, having seen the wild herds slaughtered and left to rot upon the ground, the Kiowas backed away forever from the medicine tree. That was July 20, 1890, at the great bend of the Washita. My grandmother was there. Without bitterness, and for as long as she lived, she bore a vision of deicide.Now that I can have her only in memory, I see my grandmother in the several postures that were peculiar to her: standing at the wood stove on a winter morning and turning meat in a great iron skillet; sitting at the south window, bent above her beadwork, and afterwards, when her vision failed, looking down for a long time into the fold of her hands; going out upon a cane, very slowly as she did when the weight of age came upon her; praying. I remember her most often at prayer. She made long, rambling prayers out of suffering and hope, having seen many things. I was never sure that I had the right to hear, so exclusive were they of all mere custom and company. The last time I saw her she prayed standing by the side of her bed at night, naked to the waist, the light of a kerosene lamp moving upon her dark skin. Her long, black hair, always drawn and braided in the day, lay upon her shoulders and against her breasts like a shawl. I do not speak Kiowa, and I never understood her prayers, but there was something inherently sad in the sound, some merest hesitation upon the syllables of sorrow. She began in a high and descending pitch, exhausting her breath to silence; then again and again--and always the same intensity of effort, of something that is, and is not, like urgency in the human voice.2Select the correct answer.Which aspect of the excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain best exemplifies how American Indian culture and themes can be passed down and changed over time? A. the American soldiers destroying the ancient Kiowa Sun Dance site B. Momaday seeing his grandmother standing at the wood stove on a winter morning and turning meat on a skillet C. Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa manner D. the slaughter and loss of the buffalo on the American plains E. Momaday admiring his grandmother sitting at the south window, bent above her beadwork

The great central figure of the kado, or Sun Dance, ceremony is the Tai-me. This is a small image, less than 2 feet in length, representing a human figure dressed in a robe of white feathers with a headdress consisting of a single upright feather and pendants of ermine skin, . . . .Once I went with my father and grandmother to see the Tai-me bundle. . . . There was a great holiness all about in the room, as if an old person had died there or a child had been born (37).Which sentence best explains how the author's personal reflection affects the first passage?A.It provides background about what the Tai-me is and what it looks like.B.It creates a sense that the Tai-me has lost its power over the centuries.C.It portrays the Tai-me as a living character instead of an inanimate object.D.It adds spiritual significance to the description of the Tai-me.

Read the following excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday:The young Plains culture of the Kiowas withered and died like grass that is burned in the prairie wind. There came a day like destiny; in every direction, as far as the eye could see, carrion [animal carcasses] lay out in the land. The buffalo was the animal representation of the sun, the essential and sacrificial victim of the Sun Dance. When the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the Kiowa people.Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?A.day like destinyB.far as the eye could seeC.lay out in the landD.withered and died like grassSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Read the following excerpt from The Way to Rainy Mountain by N. Scott Momaday:The young Plains culture of the Kiowas withered and died like grass that is burned in the prairie wind. There came a day like destiny; in every direction, as far as the eye could see, carrion [animal carcasses] lay out in the land. The buffalo was the animal representation of the sun, the essential and sacrificial victim of the Sun Dance. When the wild herds were destroyed, so too was the will of the Kiowa people.Which phrase in the passage most strongly contributes to its overall tone?A.lay out in the landB.withered and died like grassC.far as the eye could seeD.day like destiny

A man] went hunting. A great whirlwind passed by, and he was blind. The Kiowas have no need of a blind man; they left him alone with his wife and child (58).What does the passage most clearly reveal about Kiowa values?A.Whirlwinds and spirits are indistinguishable forces of nature.B.A blind man is sacred, and should not be risked on a hunting trip.C.A man's ability to hunt determines his value to the tribe.D.Someone who has lost one of his senses is presumed evil.