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

2. What happened to Blue Bird at the age of fourteen while picking beans with her grandmother?
(a) She saw a shooting star.
(b) She found a magic coin.
(c) Her family was attacked and killed.
(d) She had a vision of her future daughter.

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

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

5. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?
(a) Say a prayer of thankfulness.
(b) Drown the baby in the river.
(c) Runs to find Star Elk.
(d) Wraps the baby up and changes clothes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Waterlily after Blue Bird prays for her and returns to camp in Chapter 3?

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

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

4. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?

5. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?

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