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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. Who has Ohiya taken a vow of fellowship with?
(a) Waterlily.
(b) Star Elk.
(c) Sacred Horse.
(d) Red Leaf.

2. What does Waterlily notice while watching the singers in the celebration in Chapter 10?
(a) Her own rapid heartbeat.
(b) The tumultuous cloud formations in the sky.
(c) Two of the singers are not actually signing.
(d) A boy with exceptional singing talent for his age.

3. What does the young boy promise in sacrifice to the spirit during the dance?
(a) The life of his sister.
(b) His soul.
(c) A buffalo.
(d) One hundred pieces of flesh.

4. Who comes to tell stories while Waterlily is at Red Leaf's family's tipi in Chapter 15?
(a) Star Elk.
(b) Yankton.
(c) Gloku's spirit.
(d) Black Eagle.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How do the elders feel about Rainbow's decision to go visit his best friend?

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 spend time doing when she returns to her own camp circle in Chapter 17?

4. What happens at the same time Waterlily's grandfather dies?

5. Who dies during Gloku's ghostkeeping ceremony?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens at the same time Waterlily's son is born, and what does she name her son?

2. Retrospectively, how does Waterlily feel about her marriage to Sacred Horse, and what vow does she make to herself?

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

4. Who does Waterlily marry in Chapter 13, how does she know him, and how does he treat her?

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

6. In Chapter 13, how does Waterlily feel about her marriage proposal, what does she decide, and why?

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

8. Why do women sneak water to their husbands and boyfriends during the Sun Dance, and how does Waterlily feel about this?

9. Describe the story that Yankton tells while Sacred Horse and Waterlily are at the tipi of Red Leaf's parents.

10. Who is Red Leaf, and why is Waterlily happy to meet his parents in Chapter 15?

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