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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Ten through Twelve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Waterlily notice while watching the singers in the celebration in Chapter 10?
(a) Two of the singers are not actually signing.
(b) Her own rapid heartbeat.
(c) A boy with exceptional singing talent for his age.
(d) The tumultuous cloud formations in the sky.

2. What state does Gloku find Waterlily in when she returns to her tipi in Chapter 8?
(a) She is extremely hyper.
(b) A hallucinogenic trance.
(c) She is lying on the floor of the tipi very still.
(d) She has gone insane.

3. What does Blue Bird gather to make an altar to pray for her daughter in Chapter 3?
(a) The only things left of her father's.
(b) A bushel of corn husks.
(c) Sticks and leaves.
(d) Several buckets of water blessed by the chief.

4. What does Little Chief tell Gloku he sees on top of a hill in Box Butte?
(a) He sees the spirit of his parents.
(b) He sees an attacking army.
(c) He sees a ghost.
(d) He sees a giant on the hill.

5. What is Waterlily starting to understand as she grows into an adult?
(a) Her role as a slave to the men of the tribe.
(b) The burden she has put on her mother.
(c) The significance of Dakota traditions and her place in them.
(d) How to cook properly.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why was Blue Bird's grandmother not pleased with Blue Bird's intention to marry Star Elk?

(see the answer key)

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