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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Four through Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Blue Bird's mother-in-law think Blue Bird's cousin can help her do?
(a) Get over Star Elk.
(b) Find a name for the newborn baby.
(c) Escape into the wilderness.
(d) Care for the newborn baby.

2. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?
(a) Her honor.
(b) Her family heritage.
(c) Her motives for marriage.
(d) Her intelligence.

3. What happens after Blue Bird and her grandmother wander alone for a few days in Chapter 2?
(a) They learn to hunt and fish.
(b) They find a camp circle that welcomes them in.
(c) They come to a town where they find a hotel.
(d) They are haunted by several ghosts.

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

5. Who comes to take Blue Bird and her grandmother back to their people?
(a) The spirit of her father.
(b) Blue Bird's cousin, Black Eagle.
(c) The chief of her tribe.
(d) Her estranged husband, Star Elk.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue Bird's grandmother spend her days doing once they return to their family's camp circle?

2. What do the people know about Blue Bird despite what is being said about her?

3. Why does Star Elk treat Blue Bird badly?

4. What does Star Elk refuse to do in Chapter 3 out of anger towards Blue Bird?

5. What does Little Chief come to Blue Bird's tipi to do in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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