WorksheetsDances with Wolves
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why does Lt. Dunbar race in between the North and South forces on his horse in the Civil War scene at the beginning of the film?
He is on a suicide mission
to inspire the Northern troops
to tease the Southern troops
none of the above
After Dunbar is given orders to be stationed at Fort Sedgewick, the Major who issued the order killed himself. This implies that
No one will know that Dunbar was stationed there.
Frontier forts are stressful and many commit suicide.
He was upset with the end of the Civil War.
He wanted the position at Sedgewick for himself.
What does Dunbar decide to call his wolf friend?
Brown Fur
White Paws
Two Socks
Grey Tail
What had the lieutenant been doing just prior to his first visual contact with an Indian who appears to be stealing his horse?
Bathing
Sewing
Reading
Sleeping
The native group that John Dunbar visits with and learns about is part of which tribe?
Pawnee
Mohawk
Sioux
Blackfeet
What is the name of the first native Dunbar encounters ?
Ten Mules
Wind in His Hair
Stone Calf
Kicking Bird
What Indian child gets injured trying to steal John Dunbar's horse?
Worm
Smiles A Lot
Otter
Running Deer
Dunbar buries his rifles and ammunition in the nearby prairie. What item does he use to mark the spot where he buried his weapons?
A cross
A tin can
A wooden stake
A bone
Who does Dances With Wolves save from a charging buffalo during the hunt?
Wind In His Hair
Kicking Bird
Smiles A Lot
Chief Ten Bears
What Indian tribe is the enemy the people led by Chief Ten Bears?
Cherokee
Navajo
Apache
Pawnee
Stands with a Fist came to live in the village with Kicking Bird after
Her family was killed by Sioux
Her family was killed by Pawnee
She wandered away from her family and they were never able to find her
She was kidnapped
How is the controversy over Lt. Dunbar's hat solved?
The man gave Dunbar a good trade, a knife.
Kicking Bird decided that Dunbar's hat should be returned.
Stands with a Fist demanded his hat.
Dunbar decided the man could keep his hat.
Who was Wind in His Hair's former best friend?
Kicking Bird
Stands with a Fist's husband
Smiles A Lot
Chief Ten Bears
What does Kicking Bird want most from Lt. Dunbar?
guns and ammunition
to know how many white people will come
for him to represent them in Washington
for him to train native warriors
Using our understanding of the history, what can we predict happens after the end of the film?
hundreds of soldiers will hunt down and kill many Sioux tribe members for the killing of the soldiers by the river
Dunbar's journal will justify all that happened and the government will apologize for the persecution of the Sioux
the tribe will successfully escape to Canadian territory
The Sioux will receive land grants and aide to make up for army abuses
