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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 do Dakotas believe they are in relation to all things?
(a) They are part of all things.
(b) They are inconsequential.
(c) They are afraid of them.
(d) They are here to conquer all things.

2. What does the Buffalo ceremony mark in Waterlily's life?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her decision to leave the camp circle.
(c) Her first buffalo kill.
(d) The change from childhood to adolescence.

3. What does Blue Bird take her children out to do as Waterlily gets older?
(a) Teach them her mystic ways.
(b) Tell them stories and play games with them.
(c) Hunt and gather food for the camp.
(d) Spy on Rainbow.

4. What happened to Blue Bird at the age of fourteen while picking beans with her grandmother?
(a) Her family was attacked and killed.
(b) She saw a shooting star.
(c) She had a vision of her future daughter.
(d) She found a magic coin.

5. What does the young boy promise in sacrifice to the spirit during the dance?
(a) A buffalo.
(b) The life of his sister.
(c) One hundred pieces of flesh.
(d) His soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue Bird realize about marrying Rainbow?

2. What happens to Waterlily after Blue Bird prays for her and returns to camp in Chapter 3?

3. What does Gloku's dream tell her that she feels very uneasy about?

4. What celebration is going on when Rainbow and family arrive at the far off camp circle in Chapter 10?

5. What does Gloku take every opportunity to do to Blue Bird in Chapter 6?

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