'Dances with Wolves', Part 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: No

Nothing of the sort, actually. As was recalled earlier in the film, it was the Pawnees who killed her birth family, and the Sioux were the ones who found and adopted her.

She received her name (Stands with a Fist) because she confronted a woman who was bullying her. Stands with a Fist apparently decked the woman and then stood over her with her fist, threatening the other women in the vicinity.

Answer: Why are you not married?

The topic of Stands with a Fist's marital status is quite a touchy one, considering that her former husband was recently killed in battle. Stands with a Fist is in fact still mourning her husband, and when Dunbar first encounters her in the film, she is in the midst of a suicide ritual. Soon, however, her mourning will be over and happier times will present themselves.

Answer: He is able to hand feed Two Socks

While flipping through his diary, Dunbar considers his relationship with Stands with a Fist. He comes to the realization that he is in love with her, and writes 'I love Stands with a Fist', signing it 'Dances with Wolves'. In a sense, he is officially adopting his Indian name here.

Just following this, Dunbar hears a noise outside his hut. The wolf Two Socks has returned, and Dunbar is finally able to get his lupine friend to take a piece of meat directly from him. This seems to cement Dunbar's relationship with his new home out on the prarie. Costner claims that some of the most difficult scenes were with the wolves (there were two) because the creatures were not entirely tame.

Answer: A bone

Smiles-a-Lot locates the bone almost by accident, and both he and Dunbar immediately dig up the box of rifles under the pouring rain. They return to the Sioux village with these weapons, helping to save the tribe from certain annihilation.

Answer: Stone Calf

Stone Calf, played by Jimmy Herman, takes a tomahawk in the back. Seemingly all of the Pawnees are killed in the battle, including the leader, played by Wes Studi. After the battle, Dunbar proclaims his pride in the victory.

'It was hard to know how to feel.' says Dunbar. 'I'd never been in a battle like this one. There was no dark, political objective. This was not a fight for territory or for riches, or to make men free. It was fought to preserve the food stores that would see us through the winter. To protect the lives of the women and children and loved ones only a few feet away.' He continues: 'And I gradually began to look at it in a new way. I felt a pride I'd never felt before. I'd never really known who John Dunbar was, perhaps the name itself had no meaning, but as I heard my Sioux name being called over and over, I knew for the first time who I really was.'

Answer: No

Indeed, Kicking Bird, the tribe's medicine man, is the last to know. It is his wife Black Shawl who informs him of the love brewing between Dunbar and Stands with a Fist. Kicking Bird seems a little annoyed, not at the blooming relationship between his friend and adopted daughter, but by the fact that he was not aware of it.

The following day, he announces that Stands with a Fist will mourn no more.

Answer: False

As a matter of fact, Dunbar receives dowry gift from the various tribe members, who provide him with the goods necessary to win the hand of Stands with a Fist. These goods are left outside of his tent, and the next morning they are gone...meaning that the marriage proposal has been accepted.

Answer: Like the stars

In the extended version, Kicking Bird takes Dunbar on a long trip across many miles of territory, finally reaching the Grand Tetons in the western portion of modern day Wyoming. They discover the abandoned dwelling of a fur trader, complete with a large number of animal carcasses randomly strewn about.

This sickens Kicking Bird and angers Dunbar, who suggests they wait for the return of the poachers. Kicking Bird decides against this, suggesting that they move on.

Answer: A soldier's helmet

Ten Bears proudly holds the helmet of a Spanish soldier, claiming that his grandfather's grandfather drove them (the Spanish) away. He then describes how, with each generation, white men have come, the Spanish, the Mexicans, the Texans, all eventually to be driven away. Ten Bears understands that Dunbar's people will also come, and that his people will fight to keep their freedom.

Answer: diary

Dunbar is happily packing his personal items and looking forward to leaving his life as a U.S. soldier behind. Unfortunately, he has forgotten his diary at Fort Sedgwick and must return to retrieve it, lest the army follow the tribe in pursuit of him.

This sets up the final scenes of the film, which will be covered in the sixth and final quiz of this series. Thank you for playing this quiz, I hope you have enjoyed it.