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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the Buffalo ceremony mark in Waterlily's life?
(a) Her first buffalo kill.
(b) The change from childhood to adolescence.
(c) Her decision to leave the camp circle.
(d) Her marriage.

4. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
(a) Several diseases including small pox.
(b) Everything they needed to live there, including a tipi.
(c) The rules of the camp circle.
(d) A bodyguard to assure their safety.

5. Why are the men supposed to dance around the tree for several days in Chapter 11?
(a) It is a contest of stamina.
(b) To show themselves to the women of the tribe.
(c) So their prayers are answered.
(d) It is entertaining for the rest of the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to Blue Bird at the age of fourteen while picking beans with her grandmother?

2. What will Waterlily do at any festival in the future to let people know how her father felt about her?

3. What does Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?

4. What does Blue Bird take her children out to do as Waterlily gets older?

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

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