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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
(a) Everything they needed to live there, including a tipi.
(b) A bodyguard to assure their safety.
(c) The rules of the camp circle.
(d) Several diseases including small pox.

3. What doesn't seem to help Waterlily's illness at all in Chapter 3?
(a) Several people singing to her.
(b) Any of the medicines the women of the tribe suggest her mother tried.
(c) Small sips of cool water given to her by her mother.
(d) The medicines given to her mother by a shaman.

4. How many brothers were on the hunting trip with Blue Bird when she was a child?
(a) None; she is an only child.
(b) Three.
(c) Six.
(d) Two.

5. What does Blue Bird's mother-in-law think Blue Bird's cousin can help her do?
(a) Get over Star Elk.
(b) Find a name for the newborn baby.
(c) Care for the newborn baby.
(d) Escape into the wilderness.

6. Who does Little Chief begin training with?
(a) Black Eagle.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) The Chief.
(d) Bear Heart.

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

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

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

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

11. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?
(a) The chief of the tribe.
(b) Blue Bird's grandmother.
(c) An Indian spirit god.
(d) Several servants.

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

13. What happens to Blue Bir'ds newborn baby when Waterlily leaves his side in Chapter 7?
(a) A snake crawls into the tipi and coils around the baby.
(b) He begins to speak in tongues.
(c) He is kidnapped.
(d) He awakes crying and hungry.

14. What does Waterlily love to hear her brother talk about in Chapter 9?
(a) Her mother.
(b) His first buffalo kill.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) Himself.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?

2. Why was Blue Bird's grandmother not pleased with Blue Bird's intention to marry Star Elk?

3. What does Little Chief accomplish when Waterlily is twelve years old?

4. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?

5. What are Rainbow's sisters preparing for Blue Bird's upcoming new baby at the start of Chapter 7?

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