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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the Dakota tribe, who customarily helps parents raise their children?
(a) The council of tribal elders.
(b) The God of the water.
(c) No one; the mother must do it on her own.
(d) The grandmother and aunts of the child.

2. What is Rainbow going to do to Waterlily because he is so glad she is alive?
(a) Write a song for her.
(b) Give her every desire she has.
(c) Teach her how to hunt buffalo.
(d) Make her a hunka, or beloved child.

3. In the story that Black Eagle's family hears in Chapter 6, what did the buffalo do when the tribe was starving?
(a) Die of starvation as well.
(b) Desert the plains and remain out of site until the winter was over.
(c) Stampede through a hunting party.
(d) Enter the camp and allow enough of them to be killed to avoid the tribe starving.

4. Who do Gloku and her husband believe would be a good husband for Blue Bird?
(a) Little Chief.
(b) No one; they believe she should stay single.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) Gloku's cousin.

5. What is Sacred Horse and his group told to wait for from Good Hunter?
(a) His last will and testament.
(b) A battle cry.
(c) A smoke signal.
(d) Word that the sickness has passed.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Woyaka believe the buffalo are to the Dakota?

2. What does Good Hunter suggest to stop the disease spreading through the people in Chapter 15?

3. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?

4. What are Rainbow's sisters preparing for Blue Bird's upcoming new baby at the start of Chapter 7?

5. How do Sacred Horse's mothers seem to get along?

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