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

2. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?
(a) Several ghosts.
(b) The white buffalo.
(c) Woyaka, a famed storyteller.
(d) A United States soldier.

3. 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.

4. What surprise does Rainbow have for Blue Bird in Chapter 5, concerning their trip?
(a) His parents are chaperoning them.
(b) He is not going on the trip.
(c) He is taking her out of the country.
(d) The secluded spot he has chosen to camp.

5. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?
(a) In her husband's bed.
(b) With her cousin.
(c) In the midst of the growing water lilies.
(d) In a hammock by the river.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?

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

3. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?

4. What does this book, "Waterlily", tell the reader about the Dakota women?

5. What does Gloku take every opportunity to do to Blue Bird in Chapter 6?

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