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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 does Star Elk refuse to do in Chapter 3 out of anger towards Blue Bird?
(a) Share his peace pipe with her.
(b) Speak to her for two weeks.
(c) To go and see his newborn baby.
(d) Feed her.

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

3. How did the people in the camp justify the way Blue Bird and Star Elk went about marrying?
(a) The couple was young and in love.
(b) Blue Bird did not have a mother to teach her any better.
(c) The money they received from Star Elk.
(d) It was what Star Elk deserved for insulting the chief.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Star Elk spend his time doing instead of hunting for food?

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 was Blue Bird's grandmother worried Star Elk would do to Blue Bird?

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

(see the answer key)

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