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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 the young man in the Sun Dance do when Waterlily offers him something while he is dancing in Chapter 11?
(a) Ignores her.
(b) Laughs at her.
(c) Leaves the dance with her immediately.
(d) Knocks it out of her hand.

2. What follows the singing in the celebration in Chapter 11?
(a) Fasting and weeping.
(b) Hunting and feasting.
(c) More singing.
(d) Nothing- that is the end of the celebration.

3. What does Gloku teach the children while they are in her care?
(a) How to sing.
(b) To behave and respect each other.
(c) How to shoot a bow and arrow.
(d) To speak the English language.

4. When Dakotas take people into their family, what do they become?
(a) The family's slave.
(b) Part of that family for life.
(c) Outcasts from the rest of the Dakota families.
(d) Marked targets for other tribes.

5. What does this book, "Waterlily", tell the reader about the Dakota women?
(a) Their lives and customs.
(b) Their rise to government positions.
(c) The war they waged against Dakota men.
(d) The effect of the telephone on them.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the camp say they are making fun of Star Elk in Chapter 3?

2. What do Dakotas believe they are in relation to all things?

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

4. Why are Waterlily and her cousin allowed to participate in cutting down the Sacred Tree?

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

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