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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who greets Waterlily when she returns home in Chapter 17?
(a) No one; her home is gone.
(b) Red Leaf and his children.
(c) Star Elk.
(d) Her whole family except Little Chief.

2. What disease does Sacred Horse and his immediate family have at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) The Bubonic plague.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Malaria.
(d) Smallpox.

3. What kills Waterlily at the end of Chapter 17?
(a) Smallpox.
(b) Little Chief.
(c) Nothing.
(d) Lowanla.

4. What can anyone question during the event Waterlily's cousin holds?
(a) Their importance to the tribe.
(b) The girls' honor.
(c) Their faith in God.
(d) The validity of the engagement.

5. What happens two months after Mitawa is born?
(a) A man who looks like Sacred Horse rides into the camp.
(b) A prophet arrives at the camp.
(c) He is kidnapped by Star Elk.
(d) He is killed by a snake.

6. What does Waterlily do out of love and respect for her grandmother's memory?
(a) Accept a marriage proposal.
(b) Weep for days.
(c) Put flowers at her grave site.
(d) Take a vow of silence.

7. What happens to Sacred Horse at the start of Chapter 16?
(a) He is severely beaten.
(b) He dies from the disease killing the tribe.
(c) He is made chief.
(d) He is killed by an attacker's arrow.

8. What does Blue Bird tell Waterlily about when they return to their camp circle in Chapter 12?
(a) How to be courted by a boy.
(b) How disappointed her father is because she snuck away.
(c) How to make clothes from buffalo hide.
(d) How to cook for the family.

9. Why are the men supposed to dance around the tree for several days in Chapter 11?
(a) It is a contest of stamina.
(b) To show themselves to the women of the tribe.
(c) It is entertaining for the rest of the tribe.
(d) So their prayers are answered.

10. How long can a Dakota ghostkeeping last?
(a) Three hours.
(b) Months or even years.
(c) From dusk until dawn.
(d) One whole day.

11. What are Black Eagle and his family trying to find before the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?
(a) Gloku's money.
(b) Replacement horses.
(c) Somewhere else to live.
(d) A singer for the ceremony.

12. What news does Waterlily receive about her grandfather in Chapter 14?
(a) He is sick and dying.
(b) He has wandered off from the camp circle.
(c) He has found a large sum of money.
(d) He is angered with her.

13. What is the significance of the two horses Black Eagle has for the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?
(a) They are the main gift for the ghostkeeping.
(b) Black Eagle won them in a card game.
(c) They are to carry the coffin.
(d) They are to be sacrificed to God.

14. Why is Waterlily happy Red Leaf's family is in the camp circle?
(a) She is no longer the new person in the camp circle.
(b) She can be herself around them because they are like her family.
(c) Red Leaf's mother is a great cook.
(d) She has new people to sing with her.

15. How long is the vow of fellowship taken by Dakota men to last for?
(a) For life.
(b) Twelve years.
(c) One full moon cycle.
(d) A week and a half.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Waterlily do as soon as the ghostkeeping is over in Chapter 13?

2. What do the two women want from Black Eagle and his family in exchange for the two horses in Chapter 13?

3. What does Good Hunter suggest to stop the disease spreading through the people in Chapter 15?

4. How does Rainbow's best friend refer to Gloku?

5. What selfless act did Gloku do for Waterlily?

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