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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters One through Three.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What doesn't seem to help Waterlily's illness at all in Chapter 3?
(a) Small sips of cool water given to her by her mother.
(b) Several people singing to her.
(c) Any of the medicines the women of the tribe suggest her mother tried.
(d) The medicines given to her mother by a shaman.

2. Why does Star Elk treat Blue Bird badly?
(a) He is in love with another woman.
(b) He believes she is possessed by a demon.
(c) He is jealous of the way other men look at her.
(d) She treats him horribly.

3. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
(a) Several diseases including small pox.
(b) A bodyguard to assure their safety.
(c) Everything they needed to live there, including a tipi.
(d) The rules of the camp circle.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How many brothers were on the hunting trip with Blue Bird when she was a child?

2. What does this book, "Waterlily", tell the reader about the Dakota women?

3. What does Blue Bird believe is the significance of the unseen voice she hears after praying for her daughter in Chapter 3?

4. What would a Dakota couple do in place of a traditional wedding ceremony?

5. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?

(see the answer key)

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