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

2. Why was Blue Bird's grandmother not pleased with Blue Bird's intention to marry Star Elk?
(a) He was known to be lazy and a poor hunter.
(b) He was already married to another woman.
(c) She thought he was very ugly.
(d) She did not believe in love.

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

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

5. What causes Blue Bird to worry Waterlily is going to die in Chapter 3?
(a) The words spoken to her by her grandmother.
(b) A sign from God.
(c) Her husband is trying to kill both of them.
(d) Her weakening condition.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is all Blue Bird is good for, according to Star Elk?

4. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?

5. Who comes to take Blue Bird and her grandmother back to their people?

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