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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. In Chapter 6, why has the size of the camp circle doubled once they stop for the winter?
2. What does Gloku's dream tell her that she feels very uneasy about?
3. In Chapter 8, what is six-year-old Waterlily left to do while her grandmother goes out for the day?
4. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?
5. Now that Little Chief is getting older, who is he spending most of his time with?
Short Essay Questions
1. What story does Woyaka tell Black Eagle's family?
2. How does the camp circle feel about Star Elk's actions against Blue Bird, and what does Star Elk do as a result?
3. Why does Blue Bird find it hard to adjust to returning to her own camp circle?
4. What does Blue Bird learn soon after her child gets better in Chapter 3?
5. What happens when Gloku takes Waterlily and Little Chief to the pile of prayers at Box Butte?
6. What do Rainbow and the other men do in response to finding the dead Indian and why?
7. How did Blue Bird's grandmother feel when she learned that Blue Bird had agreed to marry Star Elk?
8. What does Blue Bird do when her child becomes sick in Chapter 3?
9. Why does Rainbow decide to make Waterlily a hunka, what does this mean, and how does Waterlily feel about it?
10. How does Waterlily feel when Little Chief kills his first buffalo, and why is it important?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the relationship between the Native Americans and their surroundings suggest?
Essay Topic 2
Choose one of the main themes in this novel (honor, family, Dakota traditions, respect for elders) and detail its recurrences throughout the novel. What does it add to the novel? How does it affect the difference characters?
Essay Topic 3
How does Waterlily and Little Chief's friendship affect the story?
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