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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Gloku decide to take the children to learn to pray?
(a) The pile of prayers.
(b) The waterfall in the river.
(c) To the chapel at Santa Anna.
(d) To the shaman of the tribe.

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

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 hunt a buffalo together.
(c) The couple would cut each other's hair off.
(d) The couple would go on a wedding trip, then return and set up a tipi together.

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

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

6. What does Little Chief come to Blue Bird's tipi to do in Chapter 4?
(a) Threaten Blue Bird.
(b) Bring Blue Bird food.
(c) Give advice to Blue Bird.
(d) Play with Waterlily.

7. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?
(a) Woyaka, a famed storyteller.
(b) The white buffalo.
(c) Several ghosts.
(d) A United States soldier.

8. What was Blue Bird's grandmother worried Star Elk would do to Blue Bird?
(a) Kill her while on their honeymoon.
(b) Disgrace her by not honoring his commitment to her.
(c) Physically abuse her.
(d) Take her away never to return.

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

10. What will Waterlily do at any festival in the future to let people know how her father felt about her?
(a) Paint her face red.
(b) Be in charge of the festivities.
(c) Sing the song he wrote her.
(d) Give a speech.

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

12. 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.

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

14. When Dakotas take people into their family, what do they become?
(a) Marked targets for other tribes.
(b) Outcasts from the rest of the Dakota families.
(c) The family's slave.
(d) Part of that family for life.

15. What do Dakotas believe they are in relation to all things?
(a) They are part of all things.
(b) They are afraid of them.
(c) They are here to conquer all things.
(d) They are inconsequential.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?

2. In Chapter 8, what is six-year-old Waterlily left to do while her grandmother goes out for the day?

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

4. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?

5. Now that Little Chief is getting older, who is he spending most of his time with?

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