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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Gloku treat Waterlily compared to her biological grandchildren?
(a) No different at all.
(b) She teaches them to make fun of Waterlily.
(c) She excludes Waterlily as much as possible.
(d) Much better than her biological grandchildren.

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

3. Where is Blue Bird having friends and family call on her in Chapter 4?
(a) The middle of the camp circle.
(b) At the spot where Waterlily was born.
(c) She is not allowing friends and family call on her.
(d) In her own tipi.

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

5. What does Rainbow hear while sitting around the campfire on the hunting trip in Chapter 9?
(a) The war cries of another tribe.
(b) A bird calling.
(c) A ghost whispering.
(d) An approaching storm.

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

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

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

9. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?
(a) She agrees to marry him.
(b) She laughs in Rainbow's face.
(c) She runs to tell all of her friends.
(d) She begins to weep and wail.

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

11. What causes Blue Bird to worry Waterlily is going to die in Chapter 3?
(a) Her husband is trying to kill both of them.
(b) A sign from God.
(c) Her weakening condition.
(d) The words spoken to her by her grandmother.

12. Where does Blue Bird spend the night after Waterlily is born?
(a) In the midst of the growing water lilies.
(b) In her husband's bed.
(c) With her cousin.
(d) In a hammock by the river.

13. Who does Blue Bird's sister-in-laws' loyalty belong to ultimately?
(a) Blue Bird.
(b) Waterlily.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) The chief of the tribe.

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

15. How did the people in the camp justify the way Blue Bird and Star Elk went about marrying?
(a) The money they received from Star Elk.
(b) The couple was young and in love.
(c) It was what Star Elk deserved for insulting the chief.
(d) Blue Bird did not have a mother to teach her any better.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the Dakotas feel about their siblings' accomplishments?

2. What two characteristics define the Dakota tribe?

3. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?

4. Who is Little Chief's father?

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

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