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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Rainbow going to do to Waterlily because he is so glad she is alive?
(a) Write a song for her.
(b) Give her every desire she has.
(c) Make her a hunka, or beloved child.
(d) Teach her how to hunt buffalo.

2. What is all Blue Bird is good for, according to Star Elk?
(a) Her wonderful singing voice.
(b) Her beautiful sowing.
(c) To fetch water or fuel.
(d) Nothing.

3. Who does Blue Bird's sister-in-laws' loyalty belong to ultimately?
(a) Waterlily.
(b) The chief of the tribe.
(c) Blue Bird.
(d) Rainbow.

4. What was the significance of the ghostkeeping to Gloku?
(a) An unfunny joke.
(b) A complete disrespect to her name.
(c) A way to dispose of her body.
(d) The final way her family could honor her.

5. In the Dakota tribe, who customarily helps parents raise their children?
(a) The God of the water.
(b) The council of tribal elders.
(c) The grandmother and aunts of the child.
(d) No one; the mother must do it on her own.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?

3. What follows the singing in the celebration in Chapter 11?

4. Who is Waterlily's cousin that is mentioned in Chapter 12?

5. What is Little Chief given after one of his first training sessions?

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