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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 Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?
(a) Their hunting tipi.
(b) A sturdy fishing line.
(c) Wood for a fire.
(d) Several hundred dollars.

2. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
(a) A bodyguard to assure their safety.
(b) Several diseases including small pox.
(c) The rules of the camp circle.
(d) Everything they needed to live there, including a tipi.

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

4. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
(a) Their hunters have returned to them.
(b) Some nomads were added on the trail.
(c) Another camp circle has joined them.
(d) The women have all given birth to twins.

5. What does Blue Bird's mother-in-law think Blue Bird's cousin can help her do?
(a) Find a name for the newborn baby.
(b) Get over Star Elk.
(c) Escape into the wilderness.
(d) Care for the newborn baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Blue Bird's grandmother spend her days doing once they return to their family's camp circle?

4. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?

5. Where does the camp stop on the way to their winter location at the start of Chapter 5?

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