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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gloku teach the children while they are in her care?
(a) To behave and respect each other.
(b) To speak the English language.
(c) How to shoot a bow and arrow.
(d) How to sing.

2. Who comes to take Blue Bird and her grandmother back to their people?
(a) Blue Bird's cousin, Black Eagle.
(b) The spirit of her father.
(c) The chief of her tribe.
(d) Her estranged husband, Star Elk.

3. Why does Star Elk leave the camp permanently in Chapter 3?
(a) The chief orders him to leave immediately.
(b) He is ashamed of his own behavior towards Blue Bird.
(c) He is killed by a buffalo.
(d) He finds a better camp to live in.

4. What happens to Blue Bir'ds newborn baby when Waterlily leaves his side in Chapter 7?
(a) He awakes crying and hungry.
(b) He is kidnapped.
(c) He begins to speak in tongues.
(d) A snake crawls into the tipi and coils around the baby.

5. Where does Gloku decide to take the children to learn to pray?
(a) The pile of prayers.
(b) To the shaman of the tribe.
(c) To the chapel at Santa Anna.
(d) The waterfall in the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dakotas believe they are in relation to all things?

2. What are Dakota women taught is important from early childhood?

3. Why are Waterlily and her cousin allowed to participate in cutting down the Sacred Tree?

4. What does Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?

5. What do the women of the camp sneak and offer the men during the dance in Chapter 11?

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