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

2. In the story that Black Eagle's family hears in Chapter 6, what did the buffalo do when the tribe was starving?
(a) Stampede through a hunting party.
(b) Enter the camp and allow enough of them to be killed to avoid the tribe starving.
(c) Die of starvation as well.
(d) Desert the plains and remain out of site until the winter was over.

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

4. Where is Blue Bird having friends and family call on her in Chapter 4?
(a) At the spot where Waterlily was born.
(b) She is not allowing friends and family call on her.
(c) The middle of the camp circle.
(d) In her own tipi.

5. 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) The chief of her tribe.
(d) Blue Bird's cousin, Black Eagle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Blue Bird notice Rainbow is different from Star Elk?

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

3. Where does Gloku decide to take the children to learn to pray?

4. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?

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

(see the answer key)

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