View a FREE sample

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?

2. In Chapter 8, what is six-year-old Waterlily left to do while her grandmother goes out for the day?

3. When Dakotas take people into their family, what do they become?

4. What does Little Chief want to do that he is refused because he is too young in Chapter 9?

5. What does Blue Bird make for Little Chief in Chapter 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Little Chief, and how does Blue Bird treat him?

3. What does Blue Bird do when her child becomes sick in Chapter 3?

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. In Chapter 1, what does Blue Bird name her child, and why?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How would the story be different if Star Elk had not thrown Blue Bird away?

Essay Topic 2

Who receives great honors in "Waterlily", and why? How are these honors bestowed, and what do they mean?

Essay Topic 3

How does Waterlily and Little Chief's friendship affect the story?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 830 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample