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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Four through Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?
(a) Takes them away.
(b) Carves them into chess pieces.
(c) Paints them.
(d) Stows them away in a bag.

2. What is all Blue Bird is good for, according to Star Elk?
(a) Her beautiful sowing.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Her wonderful singing voice.
(d) To fetch water or fuel.

3. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?
(a) She is bitten by a spider.
(b) She is kidnapped by a warring tribe.
(c) She finds an amulet buried in the ground.
(d) She is killed when a tree falls on her.

4. What does Little Chief come to Blue Bird's tipi to do in Chapter 4?
(a) Bring Blue Bird food.
(b) Give advice to Blue Bird.
(c) Threaten Blue Bird.
(d) Play with Waterlily.

5. What would a Dakota couple do in place of a traditional wedding ceremony?
(a) The couple would cut each other's hair off.
(b) The couple would go on a wedding trip, then return and set up a tipi together.
(c) They would perform a wedding dance.
(d) The couple would hunt a buffalo together.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story that Black Eagle's family hears in Chapter 6, what did the buffalo do when the tribe was starving?

2. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?

3. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?

4. What does Star Elk spend his time doing instead of hunting for food?

5. What does Blue Bird realize about marrying Rainbow?

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