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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Four through Six.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who do Gloku and her husband believe would be a good husband for Blue Bird?
(a) Gloku's cousin.
(b) Little Chief.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) No one; they believe she should stay single.

2. What is Blue Bird finding it hard to do when she returns to her camp in Chapter 4?
(a) Start a fire for cooking.
(b) Readjust to the camp.
(c) Walk.
(d) Hear people who are talking to her.

3. How did the people in the camp justify the way Blue Bird and Star Elk went about marrying?
(a) It was what Star Elk deserved for insulting the chief.
(b) Blue Bird did not have a mother to teach her any better.
(c) The money they received from Star Elk.
(d) The couple was young and in love.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Star Elk leave the camp permanently in Chapter 3?

2. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?

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

4. What do the people know about Blue Bird despite what is being said about her?

5. What doesn't seem to help Waterlily's illness at all in Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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