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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters Seven through Nine.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who taught Waterlily to take pride in Little Chief's accomplishments?
(a) Rainbow.
(b) No one.
(c) Blue Bird.
(d) Gloku.

3. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?
(a) Blue Bird's grandmother.
(b) Little Chief's grandparents.
(c) Black Eagle.
(d) The chief of the camp circle.

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

5. What would a Dakota couple do in place of a traditional wedding ceremony?
(a) The couple would hunt a buffalo together.
(b) The couple would cut each other's hair off.
(c) They would perform a wedding dance.
(d) The couple would go on a wedding trip, then return and set up a tipi together.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Little Chief's father?

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

3. What does Blue Bird realize about marrying Rainbow?

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

5. What does Waterlily find outside the tipi that she begins to eat in Chapter 8?

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