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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 does Woyaka believe the buffalo are to the Dakota?
(a) Their lords and masters.
(b) The sign of the devil.
(c) They are brothers.
(d) A pest to be exterminated.

2. What causes Blue Bird to worry Waterlily is going to die in Chapter 3?
(a) Her husband is trying to kill both of them.
(b) Her weakening condition.
(c) A sign from God.
(d) The words spoken to her by her grandmother.

3. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?
(a) In a hammock by the river.
(b) With her cousin.
(c) In her husband's bed.
(d) In the midst of the growing water lilies.

4. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?
(a) She laughs in Rainbow's face.
(b) She agrees to marry him.
(c) She begins to weep and wail.
(d) She runs to tell all of her friends.

5. What does Rainbow give away in Waterlily's name to celebrate during the ceremony in Chapter 8?
(a) Blue Bird.
(b) Horses.
(c) A lock of his hair.
(d) All his possessions.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?

2. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?

3. In the Dakota tribe, who customarily helps parents raise their children?

4. What is Little Chief given after one of his first training sessions?

5. What does Blue Bird gather to make an altar to pray for her daughter in Chapter 3?

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