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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was Blue Bird's grandmother worried Star Elk would do to Blue Bird?
(a) Physically abuse her.
(b) Disgrace her by not honoring his commitment to her.
(c) Take her away never to return.
(d) Kill her while on their honeymoon.

4. Why does Blue Bird name her daughter Waterlily?
(a) She was born near water-lilies and her mother thinks she is as beautiful as the water-lilies.
(b) She could not think of a better name.
(c) She was commanded to by the chief.
(d) It was her grandmother's name.

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

6. Why does Star Elk leave the camp permanently in Chapter 3?
(a) The chief orders him to leave immediately.
(b) He finds a better camp to live in.
(c) He is ashamed of his own behavior towards Blue Bird.
(d) He is killed by a buffalo.

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

8. What did Star Elk question about Blue Bird twice publicly?
(a) Her motives for marriage.
(b) Her honor.
(c) Her family heritage.
(d) Her intelligence.

9. What does Rainbow find in the bushes when he investigates in Chapter 9?
(a) Waterlily and Little Chief.
(b) A dead Indian.
(c) A rabid coyote.
(d) A bag of gold.

10. What happens to Blue Bird's grandmother while she is gathering wood in the summer?
(a) She is kidnapped by a warring tribe.
(b) She finds an amulet buried in the ground.
(c) She is bitten by a spider.
(d) She is killed when a tree falls on her.

11. In the story that Black Eagle's family hears in Chapter 6, what did the buffalo do when the tribe was starving?
(a) Stampede through a hunting party.
(b) Desert the plains and remain out of site until the winter was over.
(c) Enter the camp and allow enough of them to be killed to avoid the tribe starving.
(d) Die of starvation as well.

12. What does Gloku do with the children's rocks in Chapter 5?
(a) Paints them.
(b) Stows them away in a bag.
(c) Carves them into chess pieces.
(d) Takes them away.

13. What do Dakotas believe they are in relation to all things?
(a) They are part of all things.
(b) They are afraid of them.
(c) They are inconsequential.
(d) They are here to conquer all things.

14. What does the word "Hao" mean in the Dakota language?
(a) It is the word for rain.
(b) Child of God.
(c) It is the word for approval and consent.
(d) It means life and spirit.

15. What happens to Blue Bir'ds newborn baby when Waterlily leaves his side in Chapter 7?
(a) He awakes crying and hungry.
(b) He begins to speak in tongues.
(c) He is kidnapped.
(d) A snake crawls into the tipi and coils around the baby.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What state does Gloku find Waterlily in when she returns to her tipi in Chapter 8?

3. What does Rainbow ask his parents to borrow in Chapter 4?

4. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?

5. What does Star Elk spend his time doing instead of hunting for food?

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