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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. How does Gloku treat Waterlily compared to her biological grandchildren?
(a) No different at all.
(b) Much better than her biological grandchildren.
(c) She excludes Waterlily as much as possible.
(d) She teaches them to make fun of Waterlily.

2. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
(a) Another camp circle has joined them.
(b) The women have all given birth to twins.
(c) Their hunters have returned to them.
(d) Some nomads were added on the trail.

3. How does Rainbow see Waterlily after he marries Blue Bird?
(a) Worthless because she is female.
(b) As his own child.
(c) An outsider never to be included.
(d) As a slave at his beck and call.

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) Care for the newborn baby.
(c) Get over Star Elk.
(d) Escape into the wilderness.

5. What would a Dakota couple do in place of a traditional wedding ceremony?
(a) They would perform a wedding dance.
(b) The couple would go on a wedding trip, then return and set up a tipi together.
(c) The couple would cut each other's hair off.
(d) The couple would hunt a buffalo together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?

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

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 two characteristics define the Dakota tribe?

5. What is Blue Bird finding it hard to do when she returns to her camp in Chapter 4?

(see the answer key)

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