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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. 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.

2. What does Rainbow find in the bushes when he investigates in Chapter 9?
(a) A rabid coyote.
(b) Waterlily and Little Chief.
(c) A dead Indian.
(d) A bag of gold.

3. What was Blue Bird's grandmother worried Star Elk would do to Blue Bird?
(a) Physically abuse her.
(b) Kill her while on their honeymoon.
(c) Take her away never to return.
(d) Disgrace her by not honoring his commitment to her.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Star Elk treat Blue Bird badly?

2. What does Little Chief accomplish when Waterlily is twelve years old?

3. What does Woyaka believe the buffalo are to the Dakota?

4. What does Blue Bird's mother-in-law think Blue Bird's cousin can help her do?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens when Gloku takes Waterlily and Little Chief to the pile of prayers at Box Butte?

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

4. 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?

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

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

7. Why does Blue Bird find it hard to adjust to returning to her own camp circle?

8. What story does Woyaka tell Black Eagle's family?

9. Describe Blue Bird's marriage to Star Elk.

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

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