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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. Who comes to tell stories while Waterlily is at Red Leaf's family's tipi in Chapter 15?
(a) Gloku's spirit.
(b) Black Eagle.
(c) Yankton.
(d) Star Elk.

2. In the story that Black Eagle's family hears in Chapter 6, what did the buffalo do when the tribe was starving?
(a) Enter the camp and allow enough of them to be killed to avoid the tribe starving.
(b) Stampede through a hunting party.
(c) Die of starvation as well.
(d) Desert the plains and remain out of site until the winter was over.

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

4. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?
(a) It was her grandmother's name.
(b) She was born near water-lilies and her mother thinks she is as beautiful as the water-lilies.
(c) She was commanded to by the chief.
(d) She could not think of a better name.

5. What happens to the two horses before the ghostkeeping?
(a) They ingest poisonous mushrooms.
(b) They die.
(c) They are stolen one night.
(d) They each break a leg.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is Sacred Horse and his group told to wait for from Good Hunter?

3. What name does Rainbow give Blue Bird's new baby?

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

5. What is given in the name of the dead to end the ghostkeeping?

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