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Jack and Annie go to the Great Plains to find the second gift they need to receive to free Teddy the dog from his spell. They meet Black Hawk and run into the mysterious White Buffalo Woman.
Read one section at a time, then discuss the questions to review understanding. These questions are a starting place for conversation, not a complete test of the chapter.
Chapter 1
Comprehension questions
Who are Jack and Annie trying to free from a spell?
Page 3 — a little dog, Teddy
3
Who was coming to visit them?
Page 5 — their grandmother
5
How many gifts have they received so far?
Page 7 — one
7
Where are they supposed to get their next gift?
Page 8 — the prairie blue, the Great Plains
8
Chapter 2
Comprehension questions
What kinds of clothes were the children wearing when they got to the prairie?
Page 10 — buckskin pants, shirts, dress, leather shoes, coonskin caps
10
How tall was the grass?
Page 13 — up to Jack's chest
13
How did Annie know what Teddy was saying?
Page 14 — she knows animals and can talk to them
14
Chapter 3
Comprehension questions
What type of village did Jack and Annie see?
Page 15 — Indian, Lakota Indian
15
Why was Jack worried about going into the village?
Page 18 — He didn't know if the Indians were at war with the white settlers.
18
Why did Jack and Annie hold up two fingers when they went into the village?
Page 23 — to show they were friends
23
Chapter 4
Comprehension questions
Who was inside the teepee?
Page 25 — Black Hawk's grandmother
25
What did Jack give her?
Page 26 — his coonskin cap
26
Why did the Indians remind Annie of the seal hunter?
Page 29 — they don't waste any part of the animal
29
Why was Teddy barking?
Page 30 — a huge wolf came out of the teepee
30
Chapter 5
Comprehension questions
Who was the wolf?
Page 31 — Black Hawk wearing a wolf skin
31
Why didn't Grandmother want Black Hawk to kill any buffalo?
Page 32 — they had enough meat
32
Why did Jack want to show Grandmother he wasn't afraid?
Page 35 — so she would admire him
35
How many buffalo did Jack and Annie see?
Page 36 — thousands and thousands
36
Chapter 6
Comprehension questions
What killed most of the buffalo?
Page 39 — white settlers and soldiers
39
How did Black Hawk alarm the buffalo?
Page 42 — he sneezed
42
How did Black Hawk get away from the charging buffalo?
Page 44 — Jack came and saved him on Sunlight
44
What was Annie doing with the buffalo?
Page 45 — calming them down, stopping the stampede
45
Chapter 7
Comprehension questions
Who appeared and helped Annie calm the buffalo?
Page 47 — a lady in white
47
Who was the woman Annie saw?
Page 49 — the spirit of the White Buffalo Woman
49
Who did Black Hawk want to tell about the spirit woman?
Page 50 — his grandmother
50
Chapter 8
Comprehension questions
How did Grandmother scold Black Hawk?
Page 52 — she told him he was foolish for showing off
52
What are Jack and Annie's Indian names?
Page 53 — Rides-Like-Wind and Buffalo Girl
53
What did Grandmother give Annie?
Page 57 — eagle feather
57
Where did the children get to sleep that night?
Page 59 — in the teepee
59
Chapter 9
Comprehension questions
Where were the Lakota going?
Page 61 — to follow the buffalo
61
Do the Lakota children go to school like you do?
Page 62 — no
62
What is their school?
Page 62 — camp, prairie, sky, they learn from the things around them
62
Chapter 10
Comprehension questions
What did Annie think had something to do with the White Buffalo Woman?
Page 69 — Teddy
69
Were Jack and Annie able to take Teddy home with them?
Page 70 — no
70
Who was waiting for them at their home?
Page 72 — their own grandmother
72
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