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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many wives does Sacred Horse's father have?
(a) Three.
(b) Seventeen.
(c) One.
(d) None; he is a horse.

2. What do the two women want from Black Eagle and his family in exchange for the two horses in Chapter 13?
(a) Two cows.
(b) Waterlily to marry their son.
(c) Black Eagle's servitude.
(d) A new tipi.

3. What can anyone question during the event Waterlily's cousin holds?
(a) The validity of the engagement.
(b) The girls' honor.
(c) Their faith in God.
(d) Their importance to the tribe.

4. Why are Waterlily and Sacred Horse having trouble communicating in Chapter 15?
(a) Waterlily is extremely shy around Sacred Horse.
(b) They speak different languages.
(c) Waterlily cannot speak to horses.
(d) Sacred Horse is deaf and mute.

5. What does the Dakota term Kola refer to?
(a) A shadow hunter.
(b) A great soft dink they have invented.
(c) A holy man.
(d) Someone who is more than a friend but not a blood relative.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Little Chief come to Blue Bird's tipi to do in Chapter 4?

3. What happens to Waterlily after Blue Bird prays for her and returns to camp in Chapter 3?

4. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?

5. What do the women of the camp sneak and offer the men during the dance in Chapter 11?

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