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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Dakota women taught is important from early childhood?
(a) Pleasing their husband with cooking.
(b) Keeping a night watch.
(c) Prayer to God.
(d) Living an honorable life.

2. What is Rainbow going to do to Waterlily because he is so glad she is alive?
(a) Make her a hunka, or beloved child.
(b) Give her every desire she has.
(c) Teach her how to hunt buffalo.
(d) Write a song for her.

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

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. What does Blue Bird believe is the significance of the unseen voice she hears after praying for her daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) Her prayers will be answered.
(b) Her husband is eavesdropping on her.
(c) She has developed a high fever and is hallucinating.
(d) She believes it a sign to run from the camp immediately.

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. How many brothers were on the hunting trip with Blue Bird when she was a child?

3. What will Waterlily do at any festival in the future to let people know how her father felt about her?

4. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?

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

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