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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?
(a) Her motives for marriage.
(b) Her honor.
(c) Her intelligence.
(d) Her family heritage.

2. What does Gloku take every opportunity to do to Blue Bird in Chapter 6?
(a) Introduce her to the new people at the camp.
(b) Criticize the way she raises her daughter.
(c) Make fun of the way she speaks.
(d) Tell her she is no good.

3. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
(a) Some nomads were added on the trail.
(b) Their hunters have returned to them.
(c) Another camp circle has joined them.
(d) The women have all given birth to twins.

4. What does Blue Bird make for Little Chief in Chapter 4?
(a) A headdress.
(b) A wonderful meal.
(c) A pair of moccasins.
(d) A bow and arrow.

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

6. How does Rainbow see Waterlily after he marries Blue Bird?
(a) Worthless because she is female.
(b) An outsider never to be included.
(c) As a slave at his beck and call.
(d) As his own child.

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

8. Where does the camp stop on the way to their winter location at the start of Chapter 5?
(a) A deserted canyon.
(b) The outskirts of Cheyenne.
(c) The peak of a mountain.
(d) Near Box Butte.

9. 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 boat to carry the baby down river.
(c) A name for the baby.
(d) A chest filled with toys.

10. Why does Star Elk leave the camp permanently in Chapter 3?
(a) He is ashamed of his own behavior towards Blue Bird.
(b) He finds a better camp to live in.
(c) The chief orders him to leave immediately.
(d) He is killed by a buffalo.

11. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?
(a) She was commanded to by the chief.
(b) She was born near water-lilies and her mother thinks she is as beautiful as the water-lilies.
(c) It was her grandmother's name.
(d) She could not think of a better name.

12. What does Little Chief accomplish when Waterlily is twelve years old?
(a) He swims across the river.
(b) He writes his own song.
(c) He kills his first buffalo.
(d) He annoys her to death.

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

14. What does the word "Hao" mean in the Dakota language?
(a) Child of God.
(b) It is the word for approval and consent.
(c) It is the word for rain.
(d) It means life and spirit.

15. What is Little Chief given after one of his first training sessions?
(a) His first horse.
(b) A tipi of his own.
(c) A bow and arrow.
(d) A slingshot.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. What does Rainbow throw at the noise in the bushes on the hunting trip in Chapter 9?

5. What are Dakota women taught is important from early childhood?

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