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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
(a) Their hunters have returned to them.
(b) Some nomads were added on the trail.
(c) The women have all given birth to twins.
(d) Another camp circle has joined them.

4. 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) He sleeps soundly.
(d) Looking for a new wife.

5. 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.

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

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

8. What is all Blue Bird is good for, according to Star Elk?
(a) Nothing.
(b) To fetch water or fuel.
(c) Her beautiful sowing.
(d) Her wonderful singing voice.

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

10. While thankful for the help of her sister-in-laws, what is Blue Bird careful to avoid doing?
(a) Speaking her true feelings about them.
(b) Taking advantage of their kindness.
(c) Letting them know her plans to run away.
(d) Talking to Rainbow about the baby.

11. What does Gloku take every opportunity to do to Blue Bird in Chapter 6?
(a) Introduce her to the new people at the camp.
(b) Make fun of the way she speaks.
(c) Criticize the way she raises her daughter.
(d) Tell her she is no good.

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

13. In Chapter 8, what is six-year-old Waterlily left to do while her grandmother goes out for the day?
(a) Care for her blind grandfather.
(b) Clean the tipi.
(c) Chop the firewood for the night.
(d) Hunt that night's dinner.

14. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?
(a) Gift giving.
(b) Not being prepared for the winter.
(c) Slaughtering other tribes.
(d) Slandering each other.

15. How does Waterlily feel about the man Little Chief is becoming in Chapter 9?
(a) She is very proud of him.
(b) She really does not care.
(c) She is very jealous of the attention he receives.
(d) She is highly disappointed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the people in the camp justify the way Blue Bird and Star Elk went about marrying?

2. What are Dakota women taught is important from early childhood?

3. What does Waterlily love to hear her brother talk about in Chapter 9?

4. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?

5. In the Dakota tribe, who customarily helps parents raise their children?

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