Question

Which detail from The Way to Rainy Mountain supports the central idea that the Kiowa oral tradition keeps the culture alive? Question 2 options: A) “The old men were the best arrowmakers, for they could bring time and patience to their craft.” B) “A single knoll rises out of the plain in Oklahoma, north and west of the Wichita Range.” C) “The sun follows a longer course in the day, and the sky is immense beyond all comparison.” D) “Yet it is within the reach of memory still…and …demands to be preserved for its own sake

Answer 1

Yet it is within the reach of memory still…and …demands to be preserved for its own sake - Momaday writes these words in the epilogue of his book which he summarizes the purpose of this writing and the logic behind it. He says that the verbal tradition helped him to transcend this culture and it will be transcended to the next generation by this way. The correct answer is D.