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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. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?
(a) The white buffalo.
(b) A United States soldier.
(c) Several ghosts.
(d) Woyaka, a famed storyteller.

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

3. What does the word "Hao" mean in the Dakota language?
(a) It is the word for approval and consent.
(b) It is the word for rain.
(c) Child of God.
(d) It means life and spirit.

4. 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) Hunt that night's dinner.
(c) Clean the tipi.
(d) Chop the firewood for the night.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?

2. Where does the camp stop on the way to their winter location at the start of Chapter 5?

3. What does Star Elk refuse to do in Chapter 3 out of anger towards Blue Bird?

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

5. How does Rainbow see Waterlily after he marries Blue Bird?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. How does the camp circle feel about Star Elk's actions against Blue Bird, and what does Star Elk do as a result?

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

5. Due to his anger at Blue Bird and the way the rest of the camp circle is treating him, what does Star Elk do?

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

7. What do Rainbow and the other men do in response to finding the dead Indian and why?

8. How does Blue Bird's grandmother die, and what happens during the burial tradition?

9. In Chapter 6, what does Gloku dream, and how does her dream come true?

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

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