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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Thirteen through Fifteen.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Waterlily find outside the tipi that she begins to eat in Chapter 8?
(a) A bushel of corn.
(b) A wild mushroom.
(c) A basket of apples.
(d) A pemmican cake.

2. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?
(a) Wraps the baby up and changes clothes.
(b) Say a prayer of thankfulness.
(c) Runs to find Star Elk.
(d) Drown the baby in the river.

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

4. What does Rainbow hear while sitting around the campfire on the hunting trip in Chapter 9?
(a) A bird calling.
(b) An approaching storm.
(c) A ghost whispering.
(d) The war cries of another tribe.

5. In Chapter 8, what is six-year-old Waterlily left to do while her grandmother goes out for the day?
(a) Chop the firewood for the night.
(b) Care for her blind grandfather.
(c) Hunt that night's dinner.
(d) Clean the tipi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?

3. Who is Little Chief's father?

4. What is Waterlily starting to understand as she grows into an adult?

5. What is Little Chief given after one of his first training sessions?

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