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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many brothers were on the hunting trip with Blue Bird when she was a child?
(a) Two.
(b) Three.
(c) None; she is an only child.
(d) Six.

2. Who comes to visit each of the families in the camp circle during the winter?
(a) The white buffalo.
(b) Several ghosts.
(c) A United States soldier.
(d) Woyaka, a famed storyteller.

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

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

5. What is Little Chief given after one of his first training sessions?
(a) A slingshot.
(b) His first horse.
(c) A tipi of his own.
(d) A bow and arrow.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Waterlily learning to be proud of in Chapter 8?

2. What does Rainbow find in the bushes when he investigates in Chapter 9?

3. What does Blue Bird do immediately after giving birth?

4. What is Blue Bird's response to Rainbow's marriage proposal?

5. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Blue Bird do when her child becomes sick in Chapter 3?

2. How does Little Chief join the war party, and how does he help?

3. Due to his anger at Blue Bird and the way the rest of the camp circle is treating him, what does Star Elk do?

4. What story does Woyaka tell Black Eagle's family?

5. In Chapter 7, how does Blue Bird's new family help her prepare for the baby she is expecting? How does Blue Bird feel about this, and why?

6. Why does Rainbow decide to make Waterlily a hunka, what does this mean, and how does Waterlily feel about it?

7. According to Chapter 2, how did Blue Bird come to live in this camp circle?

8. Who is Little Chief, and how does Blue Bird treat him?

9. How does Waterlily feel when Little Chief kills his first buffalo, and why is it important?

10. Why does Gloku visit Blue Bird, and what does Blue Bird learn about Gloku's family in Chapter 4?

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