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title: Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery… — how Mova does on the tests · Books
description: Lesson 1272 of the books course of Mova's primary school: 4 of 13 tests right, exam 1 of 4, every question with the options, the student's choice, the right answer and why it chose.
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# Old Indian Legends, Dance in a Buffalo Skull: mice feast until fiery eyes creep into their skull

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**Tests:** 4 of 13 right · **Exam:** 1 of 4 right · **Kind:** ★ · **Understood:** 11 of 17 · **Run:** 2026-10-18, commit `f3c23ea72`

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Lesson 1272 of the books course of Mova's primary school, as Mova's small model took its tests: it had read this lesson and the ones before it and learned from their exercises. Each test shows the options in the order the student saw them, its choice, the right answer, the score of every option and why it chose.

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Every question of this lesson and each of its options parsed by Mova, with trees and pragmatics: [the lesson's questions in the corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/).

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### Test 1 · ★ · right ✓ {#t1}

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yo, where were the mice partying, fr?

- **1.** in the hollow of a dead bull's skull near the river bottom — no support
- **2.** inside a buffalo skull — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 4
- **3.** under the big cottonwood — no support
- **4.** in a tree — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 4, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1272, line 6: «Who: the field mice, who hold "a gay feast and dance" in an old buffalo skull on the prairie.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «field mice» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-1). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t1/)

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### Test 2 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t2}

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ngl, how did the wolves feel about that fire?

- **1.** they thought the fire was a trick and wanted to sneak in close to the feast — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** they wanted to join in — no support
- **3.** they stayed far off, howling because they feared the fire at night — no support
- **4.** too scared to come close — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t2/)

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### Test 3 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t3}

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no cap, who were the sus glowing eyes coming from?

- **1.** the low ground by the river where the cottonwoods grow thick — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** the river bottom — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** the tall grass — no support
- **4.** the far prairie — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t3/)

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### Test 4 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t4}

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yo, what did the mice do when the sus eyes showed up?

- **1.** they bounced off into the dark — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** they hopped off quietly into the dark, leaving the feast behind them — score 0
- **3.** they dashed out of the skull and scattered in all directions across the grass — **← Mova's choice** · score 4
- **4.** they hid behind the bones — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what is done. It chose option 3 with score 4, against 0 for the next best. Its support: lesson 1272, line 21: «Old word "sockets": here it means the empty holes where eyes once sat in the skull.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eyes» (+3); a different action (counts against) (+1). The right option, 1, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t4/)

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### Test 5 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t5}

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wait, what kind of night was it, fr fr?

- **1.** really cloudy — no support
- **2.** black — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **3.** dim — no support
- **4.** super dark — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 2 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1240, line 13: «where: The black horse waits on the far side of the river, "tied to a tree".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t5/)

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### Test 6 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t6}

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bro, what were the wolves doing from far away?

- **1.** howling and yelping at the fire from a safe distance away — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** howling and yelping — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** pacing back and forth — no support
- **4.** barking — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t6/)

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### Test 7 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t7}

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dude, what did the birds say when the fire was lit?

- **1.** king of the prairie, king of the stars, king — **← Mova's choice** · score 8
- **2.** night, night — no support
- **3.** sleepy, sleepy, we must go to sleep now — no support
- **4.** king, king — **✓ the right answer** · score 8

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 8, tied with another option at 8 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1238, line 15: «Why the wedding waits: the king says the bridegroom must first "prove himself worthy" by three tasks.», reached through what was said in the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+4); the same thing acted on «king» (+2); a different action (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, scored 8. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t7/)

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### Test 8 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t8}

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ayy, what did the moon look like?

- **1.** a bright round silver plate hanging low over the river bottom — no support
- **2.** a thin golden hoop — no support
- **3.** a pale silver ring — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **4.** a skinny silver thread — **✓ the right answer** · no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 3 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1251, line 18: «Old word: "wan" means pale and sickly, and today we would say a person looks "pale" or "washed out".», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). The right option, 4, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t8/)

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### Test 9 · ★ · right ✓ {#t9}

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lowkey lit, what were the mice munching on?

- **1.** dried roots and venison — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** fresh corn and squash — no support
- **3.** whatever scraps the wolves had left behind after their long hunt — no support
- **4.** wild plums and berries — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t9/)

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### Test 10 · ★ · right ✓ {#t10}

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no lie, which way did the mice hop?

- **1.** on their hind feet — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 2
- **2.** on their front paws — no support
- **3.** on all fours — no support
- **4.** in a wobbly line — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1272, line 7: «What: they sing, laugh and beat a "wee, wee drum" while hopping on their two hind feet.», reached through the remembered sentence the question matched. What matched: a different doer (counts against) (+2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t10/)

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### Test 11 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t11}

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ya know, where did those glowing eyes end up?

- **1.** into the nose hole — no support
- **2.** on the floor — **← Mova's choice** · score 5
- **3.** in the eye-sockets — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** in the mouth — no support

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**Why:** It took the question to ask where. It chose option 2 with score 5, the only option with support. Its support: lesson 1244, line 20: «The asp is a poisonous snake, and the tale says its eyes are "all burnt" from the fox's cooking fire.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «eyes» (+4); it fills the role the question asks for (+1). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t11/)

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### Test 12 · ★ · wrong ✗ {#t12}

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bro, what were the mice doing before the eyes came?

- **1.** sleeping — **← Mova's choice** · no support
- **2.** dancing in a ring — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **3.** eating — no support
- **4.** singing in a circle — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t12/)

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### Test 13 · ★ · right ✓ {#t13}

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fr, what was the mouse yelling when he dashed out?

- **1.** Spirit of the buffalo! — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **2.** Mercy of the great hunter! — no support
- **3.** Run away! — no support
- **4.** Spirit of the great bull who died on the plain last winter! — no support

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**Why:** No option found support in what it remembers, so it guessed: it took the first option shown. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/t13/)

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### Exam question 1 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e1}

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Which place is named by the narrator as the site of the mice's nocturnal feast?

- **1.** The dark interior of a cracked old buffalo skull beside the wolves' den at the edge of the plain — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** The hollow inside the enormous, weathered buffalo skull lying on the open prairie far from the river — no support
- **3.** The hollow of a dead buffalo's head — score 2
- **4.** The interior of a large old buffalo skull — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 174, line 1: «The narrator refuses to be scared of the genius and says he will break the talisman.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «narrator» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/e1/)

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### Exam question 2 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e2}

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Which creatures does the narrator describe as remaining at a distance, unwilling to approach the fire?

- **1.** The owls — score -5
- **2.** The coyotes, sitting in the grass — no support
- **3.** The wolves, howling from afar — **✓ the right answer** · no support
- **4.** The mice — **← Mova's choice** · score -1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 4 with score -1, against -5 for the next best. Its support: lesson 992, line 6: «Who: the narrator is a little mouse who "slipped into his apartment" to visit a prisoner.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «narrator» (+2). Against it: it fills the role the question asks for (-1); the same thing acted on «little mouse» (-2). The right option, 3, found no support in what it remembers. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/e2/)

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### Exam question 3 · formal language · wrong ✗ {#e3}

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What is the reason the mice give for feeling secure in the darkness of the plain?

- **1.** They feel the darkness covers them from the wolves and owls — **← Mova's choice** · score 2
- **2.** The moon hides them — score -1
- **3.** They say the dark keeps them hidden from harm — score 2
- **4.** They believe the dark shelters them from all dangers — **✓ the right answer** · score 2

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**Why:** It took the question to ask what it is done to. It chose option 1 with score 2, tied with another option at 2 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1272, line 9: «Why they feel safe: they think they are "safely hid from all dangers" in the deep shadows.», reached through the option's own match among the sentences about the question's things. What matched: the same doer «mice» (+2). The right option, 4, scored 2. · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/e3/)

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### Exam question 4 · formal language · right ✓ {#e4}

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In what manner do the mice leave the skull once the fiery eyes have entered it?

- **1.** They retreat noiselessly into the darkness — **← Mova's choice** · **✓ the right answer** · score 1
- **2.** They dash out of the skull at once, hopping madly in every direction across the open plain — score 1
- **3.** They scurry off loudly into the grass — score 1
- **4.** They sneak out through the back opening — score 1

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**Why:** It took the question to ask who or what does it. It chose option 1 with score 1, tied with another option at 1 (the first shown, or the one claiming less beyond what it knows, wins). Its support: lesson 1272, line 15: «The eyes move "closer and more swift, now fiercer and glaring," until they reach the skull.», reached through the same lesson line as the sentence the question matched. What matched: it fills the role the question asks for (+2); the same doer «eyes» (+1). Against it: a different action (counts against) (-2). · [the question and its options parsed, with trees and pragmatics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/1272-pg338-part9/e4/)

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