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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. Now that Little Chief is getting older, who is he spending most of his time with?
(a) Rainbow.
(b) The older boys in the camp.
(c) A musical choir passing through.
(d) Blue Bird and Gloku.

2. What will Waterlily do at any festival in the future to let people know how her father felt about her?
(a) Paint her face red.
(b) Sing the song he wrote her.
(c) Give a speech.
(d) Be in charge of the festivities.

3. What does Blue Bird's mother-in-law think Blue Bird's cousin can help her do?
(a) Find a name for the newborn baby.
(b) Get over Star Elk.
(c) Escape into the wilderness.
(d) Care for the newborn baby.

4. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?
(a) She is killed when a tree falls on her.
(b) She is kidnapped by a warring tribe.
(c) She finds an amulet buried in the ground.
(d) She is bitten by a spider.

5. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
(a) A bodyguard to assure their safety.
(b) Several diseases including small pox.
(c) The rules of the camp circle.
(d) Everything they needed to live there, including a tipi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Blue Bird realize about marrying Rainbow?

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

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

4. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?

5. What job is given to Little Chief in Chapter 9?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Little Chief join the war party, and how does he help?

2. Describe the place Rainbow takes Blue Bird for their honeymoon trip.

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

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

5. What happens to Waterlily when she is left to care for her blind grandfather at the age of six?

6. 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?

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

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

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

10. Describe Waterlily's hunka celebrations and the preparations that are made for it.

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