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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Blue Bird's grandmother spend her days doing once they return to their family's camp circle?
(a) Talking to the chief.
(b) Sewing clothes for Waterlily.
(c) Going from tipi to tipi to visit old friends.
(d) Yelling at Blue Bird.

3. While thankful for the help of her sister-in-laws, what is Blue Bird careful to avoid doing?
(a) Talking to Rainbow about the baby.
(b) Speaking her true feelings about them.
(c) Letting them know her plans to run away.
(d) Taking advantage of their kindness.

4. How does Gloku treat Waterlily compared to her biological grandchildren?
(a) Much better than her biological grandchildren.
(b) No different at all.
(c) She excludes Waterlily as much as possible.
(d) She teaches them to make fun of Waterlily.

5. What does Blue Bird take her children out to do as Waterlily gets older?
(a) Spy on Rainbow.
(b) Teach them her mystic ways.
(c) Hunt and gather food for the camp.
(d) Tell them stories and play games with them.

6. 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 a ghost.
(d) He sees the spirit of his parents.

7. What is Rainbow going to do to Waterlily because he is so glad she is alive?
(a) Make her a hunka, or beloved child.
(b) Write a song for her.
(c) Teach her how to hunt buffalo.
(d) Give her every desire she has.

8. What is one of the most common traditions of the Dakota as seen in this novel?
(a) Slandering each other.
(b) Not being prepared for the winter.
(c) Gift giving.
(d) Slaughtering other tribes.

9. What does Star Elk spend his time doing instead of hunting for food?
(a) Being jealous of the attention Blue Bird receives from other men.
(b) He sleeps soundly.
(c) Looking for a new wife.
(d) Begging from people in the camp.

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

11. What does Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?
(a) Wood for a fire.
(b) A sturdy fishing line.
(c) Their hunting tipi.
(d) Several hundred dollars.

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

13. What does Little Chief come to Blue Bird's tipi to do in Chapter 4?
(a) Bring Blue Bird food.
(b) Play with Waterlily.
(c) Give advice to Blue Bird.
(d) Threaten Blue Bird.

14. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?
(a) She runs to tell all of her friends.
(b) She agrees to marry him.
(c) She begins to weep and wail.
(d) She laughs in Rainbow's face.

15. Who does Star Elk summon to be with them when he takes Blue Bird to his family?
(a) The chief of the tribe.
(b) Several servants.
(c) An Indian spirit god.
(d) Blue Bird's grandmother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprise does Rainbow have for Blue Bird in Chapter 5, concerning their trip?

2. Where does Gloku decide to take the children to learn to pray?

3. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?

4. Who taught Waterlily to take pride in Little Chief's accomplishments?

5. What does Gloku's dream tell her that she feels very uneasy about?

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