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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?
(a) Her intelligence.
(b) Her motives for marriage.
(c) Her honor.
(d) Her family heritage.

4. How does Rainbow's best friend refer to Gloku?
(a) He refuses to speak to her.
(b) As mother.
(c) Aunt Gloku.
(d) Her grace.

5. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?
(a) The chief of the tribe.
(b) Several servants.
(c) An Indian spirit god.
(d) Blue Bird's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Dakota term Kola refer to?

2. What happens after Blue Bird and her grandmother wander alone for a few days in Chapter 2?

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

4. What does Waterlily find outside the tipi that she begins to eat in Chapter 8?

5. What does the Buffalo ceremony mark in Waterlily's life?

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