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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. What does Star Elk spend his time doing instead of hunting for food?
(a) He sleeps soundly.
(b) Being jealous of the attention Blue Bird receives from other men.
(c) Looking for a new wife.
(d) Begging from people in the camp.

2. Where does Gloku decide to take the children to learn to pray?
(a) The waterfall in the river.
(b) The pile of prayers.
(c) To the shaman of the tribe.
(d) To the chapel at Santa Anna.

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

4. What does Gloku take every opportunity to do to Blue Bird in Chapter 6?
(a) Criticize the way she raises her daughter.
(b) Introduce her to the new people at the camp.
(c) Make fun of the way she speaks.
(d) Tell her she is no good.

5. Who do Gloku and her husband believe would be a good husband for Blue Bird?
(a) Little Chief.
(b) Gloku's cousin.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) No one; they believe she should stay single.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue Bird gather to make an altar to pray for her daughter in Chapter 3?

2. Who is Little Chief's father?

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

4. What does Blue Bird make for Little Chief in Chapter 4?

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

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