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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who taught Waterlily to take pride in Little Chief's accomplishments?
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Gloku.
(c) No one.
(d) Blue Bird.

2. What is the name of Blue Bird's third child?
(a) Hunka.
(b) White Horse.
(c) Bird Song.
(d) Smiling One.

3. Now that Little Chief is getting older, who is he spending most of his time with?
(a) The older boys in the camp.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Blue Bird and Gloku.
(d) A musical choir passing through.

4. What happens after Blue Bird and her grandmother wander alone for a few days in Chapter 2?
(a) They are haunted by several ghosts.
(b) They come to a town where they find a hotel.
(c) They find a camp circle that welcomes them in.
(d) They learn to hunt and fish.

5. What does Blue Bird's grandmother spend her days doing once they return to their family's camp circle?
(a) Going from tipi to tipi to visit old friends.
(b) Talking to the chief.
(c) Yelling at Blue Bird.
(d) Sewing clothes for Waterlily.

6. What do the people know about Blue Bird despite what is being said about her?
(a) She is possessed by a demon.
(b) She can tell the future.
(c) She is stronger than most of the men of the tribe.
(d) The kind of person she is.

7. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?
(a) Paints them.
(b) Takes them away.
(c) Stows them away in a bag.
(d) Carves them into chess pieces.

8. What are Dakota women taught is important from early childhood?
(a) Keeping a night watch.
(b) Living an honorable life.
(c) Pleasing their husband with cooking.
(d) Prayer to God.

9. What does Gloku's dream tell her that she feels very uneasy about?
(a) There will not be enough food for the winter.
(b) The camp circle has been infiltrated by spies.
(c) In four nights she will be in danger and will be invisible.
(d) Rainbow is cheating on his new wife, Blue Bird.

10. What state does Gloku find Waterlily in when she returns to her tipi in Chapter 8?
(a) A hallucinogenic trance.
(b) She has gone insane.
(c) She is extremely hyper.
(d) She is lying on the floor of the tipi very still.

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

12. What does Blue Bird gather to make an altar to pray for her daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) A bushel of corn husks.
(b) Sticks and leaves.
(c) The only things left of her father's.
(d) Several buckets of water blessed by the chief.

13. What are Rainbow's sisters preparing for Blue Bird's upcoming new baby at the start of Chapter 7?
(a) Cradles and clothing for the baby.
(b) A chest filled with toys.
(c) A name for the baby.
(d) A boat to carry the baby down river.

14. What does this book, "Waterlily", tell the reader about the Dakota women?
(a) Their lives and customs.
(b) Their rise to government positions.
(c) The effect of the telephone on them.
(d) The war they waged against Dakota men.

15. How does Blue Bird notice Rainbow is different from Star Elk?
(a) He is more intelligent.
(b) He speaks more eloquently.
(c) His work ethic is much better.
(d) He is much more attractive than Star Elk.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Rainbow hear while sitting around the campfire on the hunting trip in Chapter 9?

3. How many brothers were on the hunting trip with Blue Bird when she was a child?

4. What surprise does Rainbow have for Blue Bird in Chapter 5, concerning their trip?

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

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