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

2. 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 killed by a snake.
(d) He is kidnapped by Star Elk.

3. What was the significance of the ghostkeeping to Gloku?
(a) A complete disrespect to her name.
(b) The final way her family could honor her.
(c) An unfunny joke.
(d) A way to dispose of her body.

4. What do Waterlily and Little Bear fear has happened to Little Bear's father?
(a) He has gone insane.
(b) He has been killed while out hunting.
(c) He has turned traitor.
(d) He has run off with another woman.

5. What happens while Waterlily goes after Little Bear who is collecting water in Chapter 16?
(a) She loses her way.
(b) The group is attacked.
(c) She has a vision of Gloku.
(d) She is bitten by a snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Waterlily respond to Lowanla's question about who she is in Chapter 17?

2. What makes Waterlily feel guilty about the way her marriage to Sacred Horse started?

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

4. How do Waterlily and Little Bear find Little Bear's mother, Echo, in Chapter 16?

5. What does Blue Bird tell Waterlily about when they return to their camp circle in Chapter 12?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why is it important that Rainbow is selected for the Kit Fox Society, and how does Palani react when he learns of this?

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

4. Why does Lowanla ask if Waterlily was the girl who offered him water at the Sun Dance, and how does Waterlily respond?

5. When everyone in the camp circle starts getting sick and dying what does Good Hunter tell Sacred Horse to do, and why?

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

7. How does meeting Red Leaf's parents affect Waterlily's relationship with her husband?

8. How do Waterlily and her cousin help with the second part of the Sun Dance ceremony, and why are they allowed this honor?

9. In Chapter 14, what does Waterlily learn about her grandfather, and how does she feel about this news?

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

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