Chapter 3: Tales from the Great Plains

1.) What did Native Americans think when they first saw horses?

• a.) They were excited and captured a horse to ride immediately.

• b.) They were confused and not sure what the horses were.

• c.) They were angry and wished the horses would go away.

• d.) They did not think anything at all.

2.) What does the Comanche warrior do when he encounters a Spanish soldier on a horse?

• a.) He shoots the soldier with an arrow because they are enemies.

• b.) He walks up to the solider and asks to borrow the horse.

• c.) He hides from the solider and then quickly runs away.

• d.) He distracts the solider and finds a way to steal the horse

3.) What does the Spanish solider offer to the Comanche warrior in exchange for his life?

• a.) gold

• b.) a red blanket

• c.) his armor

• d.) the words used to make the horse go, stop, walk, and gallop

4.) What happens to the Spanish solider?

• a.) He recovers and buys the horse back from the Comanche warrior. .

• b.) He returns to the warrior's home and begins to live there

• c.) He dies after the Comanche warrior tries to save his life.

• d.) He dies after the Comanche warrior refuses to help him.

5.) What does the Comanche warrior name his horse?

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• Blue Swiper

• The Swift Blue One

• Lone White Calf

6.) What happens after the Comanche warrior dies?

• a.) The horse dies, too, and it is buried with the warrior.

• b.) The horse runs free and becomes the leader of many horses.

• c.) The warrior's son begins to ride the horse.

• d.) The warrior's daughter brings the horse back to the Spanish soldier.

7.) In the Lakota legend, what were the two brave young men doing when they encountered a beautiful young woman?

• a.) hunting for horses to ride

• b.) hunting for buffalo during a terrible snowstorm

• c.) hunting for Spanish soldiers

• d.) hunting for buffalo during a terribly hot summer

8.) What happens to the young man who tries to approach the beautiful young woman because he is in love with her?

• a.) He is turned to a pile of scorched bones.

• b.) He is turned into a buffalo.

• c.) He is turned into a horse.

• d.) He marries the woman.

9.) How many ceremonies did the Lakota Sioux learn from the White Buffalo Calf Woman?

• a.) one

• b.) three

• c.) five

• d.) seven