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

2. Why is the young boy going to be part of the dance in Chapter 11?
(a) He has prayed for his dying father.
(b) His mother begged the chief to let him do it.
(c) His father is chief of the tribe.
(d) He can out dance everyone in the tribe.

3. Now that Little Chief is getting older, who is he spending most of his time with?
(a) The older boys in the camp.
(b) A musical choir passing through.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) Blue Bird and Gloku.

4. What does the Buffalo ceremony mark in Waterlily's life?
(a) Her first buffalo kill.
(b) Her decision to leave the camp circle.
(c) The change from childhood to adolescence.
(d) Her marriage.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What has shamed the girl Waterlily and Blue Bird learn about in Chapter 12?

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

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

5. What does Blue Bird believe is the significance of the unseen voice she hears after praying for her daughter in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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