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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?

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

3. What was Blue Bird's grandmother worried Star Elk would do to Blue Bird?

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

5. What causes Blue Bird to worry Waterlily is going to die in Chapter 3?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gloku visit Blue Bird, and what does Blue Bird learn about Gloku's family in Chapter 4?

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

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

4. How does Gloku and the rest of the camp circle feel about Rainbow's marriage to Blue Bird?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does Waterlily change throughout the novel? Detail the changes she makes and the reasons behind those changes.

Essay Topic 2

Compare and contrast Star Elk and Rainbow. How are their relationships with Blue Bird similar and different?

Essay Topic 3

What is the importance of the author, Ella Cara Deloria, having a Sioux heritage, and how might that have affected her writing of "Waterlily"?

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