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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. What does Waterlily's cousin have because a boy claims she agreed to marry him?
(a) A great feast.
(b) A very angry family.
(c) A Virgin's Fire.
(d) An engagement party.

2. 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 killed by an attacker's arrow.
(d) He is made chief.

3. Who is Red Leaf?
(a) A dying man Waterlily finds in the woods.
(b) A very close friend of Waterlily's brother, Ohiya.
(c) Waterlily's new husband.
(d) A journeyman hunter.

4. What makes Waterlily very happy in Chapter 17?
(a) The demise of their enemies.
(b) A letter from Sacred Horse.
(c) Her marriage to Lowanla.
(d) An abundant crop of corn.

5. Why is the young boy going to be part of the dance in Chapter 11?
(a) He has prayed for his dying father.
(b) His mother begged the chief to let him do it.
(c) His father is chief of the tribe.
(d) He can out dance everyone in the tribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Ohiya meet when his father visited Palani years ago?

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 Waterlily notice while watching the singers in the celebration in Chapter 10?

4. What happens to the two horses before the ghostkeeping?

5. What does the young man in the Sun Dance do when Waterlily offers him something while he is dancing in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the interactions between Waterlily and Lowanla in Chapter 17, leading up to their engagement.

2. What does Waterlily learn about the camp circle when Sacred Horse's cousin finds her, Echo, and Little Bear in Chapter 16?

3. Why is Waterlily asked to wait on Lowanla, and how does she feel about this?

4. When Sacred Horse tells his friend about the distance between him and his wife, what does Sacred Horse's friend suggest?

5. Why does Leaping Fawn have a Virgin's Fire, and what happens during the ceremony?

6. What happens that causes Blue Bird to talk to Waterlily about the proper ways to be courted by a young man, and why does Blue bird feel this is so important?

7. When Waterlily returns to Good Hunter's camp in Chapter 17, who does she stay with, why, and what does she learn about herself?

8. Describe the camp circle of Waterlily's new husband and new family in Chapter 14?

9. Who gets sick in Chapter 16, with what illness, and what happens while the rest of the family awaits word from the camp circle?

10. What is a ghostkeeping, and why does Gloku's family decide to have one when she dies?

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