View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) She can tell the future.
(c) She is possessed by a demon.
(d) The kind of person she is.

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

4. What happens to Waterlily after Blue Bird prays for her and returns to camp in Chapter 3?
(a) She begins to speak in tongues.
(b) She fades into a coma and dies.
(c) She begins to get better.
(d) She is kidnapped by Star Elk.

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

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

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

8. 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) The women have all given birth to twins.
(d) Another camp circle has joined them.

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

10. 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) As his own child.
(d) An outsider never to be included.

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

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

13. 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) Give a speech.
(d) Sing the song he wrote her.

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

15. What does this book, "Waterlily", tell the reader about the Dakota women?
(a) The war they waged against Dakota men.
(b) Their rise to government positions.
(c) The effect of the telephone on them.
(d) Their lives and customs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?

2. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?

3. What happens after Blue Bird and her grandmother wander alone for a few days in Chapter 2?

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

5. Why does the camp say they are making fun of Star Elk in Chapter 3?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 729 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample