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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Sixteen and Seventeen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?
(a) He sees an attacking army.
(b) He sees a ghost.
(c) He sees a giant on the hill.
(d) He sees the spirit of his parents.

2. What kills Waterlily at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Lowanla.
(d) Little Chief.

3. What has happened to Little Chief while Waterlily has been away?
(a) He has been killed.
(b) He has fallen ill.
(c) He has become Big Chief.
(d) He has gotten married.

4. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
(a) Their hunters have returned to them.
(b) Some nomads were added on the trail.
(c) The women have all given birth to twins.
(d) Another camp circle has joined them.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the significance of the two horses Black Eagle has for the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?

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

3. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?

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

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

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