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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?
(a) He sees a giant on the hill.
(b) He sees the spirit of his parents.
(c) He sees an attacking army.
(d) He sees a ghost.

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

3. What does Gloku teach the children while they are in her care?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to shoot a bow and arrow.
(c) To behave and respect each other.
(d) To speak the English language.

4. What happened to Blue Bird at the age of fourteen while picking beans with her grandmother?
(a) She found a magic coin.
(b) Her family was attacked and killed.
(c) She had a vision of her future daughter.
(d) She saw a shooting star.

5. 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 learn to hunt and fish.
(d) They find a camp circle that welcomes them in.

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

7. What does Rainbow find in the bushes when he investigates in Chapter 9?
(a) A bag of gold.
(b) Waterlily and Little Chief.
(c) A rabid coyote.
(d) A dead Indian.

8. What is Rainbow going to do to Waterlily because he is so glad she is alive?
(a) Give her every desire she has.
(b) Make her a hunka, or beloved child.
(c) Write a song for her.
(d) Teach her how to hunt buffalo.

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

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

11. Why was Blue Bird's grandmother not pleased with Blue Bird's intention to marry Star Elk?
(a) He was already married to another woman.
(b) He was known to be lazy and a poor hunter.
(c) She did not believe in love.
(d) She thought he was very ugly.

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

13. What two characteristics define the Dakota tribe?
(a) They are devoted and loyal.
(b) They are lazy and shiftless.
(c) They are nomadic and wild.
(d) They are cold and ruthless.

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

15. What name does Rainbow give Blue Bird's new baby?
(a) Sacajewea.
(b) Ohiya.
(c) Water Horse.
(d) Stallion Breath.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Woyaka believe the buffalo are to the Dakota?

4. Who is Little Chief's father?

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

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