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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is Waterlily starting to understand as she grows into an adult?
(a) Her role as a slave to the men of the tribe.
(b) The burden she has put on her mother.
(c) The significance of Dakota traditions and her place in them.
(d) How to cook properly.

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

4. What does Gloku teach the children while they are in her care?
(a) How to sing.
(b) How to shoot a bow and arrow.
(c) To behave and respect each other.
(d) To speak the English language.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?

2. What is all Blue Bird is good for, according to Star Elk?

3. Who comes to take Blue Bird and her grandmother back to their people?

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

5. What does Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

1. When Waterlily leaves Ohiya for a moment in Chapter 7, what happens and how is this rectified?

2. According to Chapter 2, how did Blue Bird come to live in this camp circle?

3. When Blue Bird's mother-in-law hears of the child's birth, what does she do, and what does she think in regards to her son?

4. How did Blue Bird's grandmother feel when she learned that Blue Bird had agreed to marry Star Elk?

5. What does Blue Bird learn soon after her child gets better in Chapter 3?

6. What does Little Chief do as he grows older in Chapter 7?

7. In Chapter 7, how does Blue Bird's new family help her prepare for the baby she is expecting? How does Blue Bird feel about this, and why?

8. How does Waterlily feel when Little Chief kills his first buffalo, and why is it important?

9. Why does Rainbow decide to make Waterlily a hunka, what does this mean, and how does Waterlily feel about it?

10. In Chapter 4, what does Rainbow tell his parents, and how do they feel about this and why?

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