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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. Where does the camp stop on the way to their winter location at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) The peak of a mountain.
(b) Near Box Butte.
(c) The outskirts of Cheyenne.
(d) A deserted canyon.

2. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?
(a) Drown the baby in the river.
(b) Runs to find Star Elk.
(c) Wraps the baby up and changes clothes.
(d) Say a prayer of thankfulness.

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

4. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?
(a) Several ghosts.
(b) The white buffalo.
(c) A United States soldier.
(d) Woyaka, a famed storyteller.

5. Who is Waterlily's cousin that is mentioned in Chapter 12?
(a) Buffalo Fist.
(b) Leaping Fawn.
(c) Star Elk.
(d) Black Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waterlily find outside the tipi that she begins to eat in Chapter 8?

2. What does Blue Bird take her children out to do as Waterlily gets older?

3. Why are the men supposed to dance around the tree for several days in Chapter 11?

4. How long is the vow of fellowship taken by Dakota men to last for?

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

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