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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does Blue Bird believe is the significance of the unseen voice she hears after praying for her daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) She believes it a sign to run from the camp immediately.
(b) She has developed a high fever and is hallucinating.
(c) Her husband is eavesdropping on her.
(d) Her prayers will be answered.

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

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

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

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

8. What does Waterlily find outside the tipi that she begins to eat in Chapter 8?
(a) A basket of apples.
(b) A pemmican cake.
(c) A bushel of corn.
(d) A wild mushroom.

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

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

11. What does Rainbow give away in Waterlily's name to celebrate during the ceremony in Chapter 8?
(a) Horses.
(b) All his possessions.
(c) A lock of his hair.
(d) Blue Bird.

12. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?
(a) Black Eagle.
(b) Little Chief's grandparents.
(c) The chief of the camp circle.
(d) Blue Bird's grandmother.

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

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

15. What job is given to Little Chief in Chapter 9?
(a) Carrying the bags.
(b) Watering the horses.
(c) Cleaning the animals that are killed.
(d) Rowing the canoe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprise does Rainbow have for Blue Bird in Chapter 5, concerning their trip?

2. Who is Little Chief's father?

3. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?

4. What does the word "Hao" mean in the Dakota language?

5. How does Waterlily feel about the man Little Chief is becoming in Chapter 9?

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