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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 discover in Chapter 17?
(a) She has the smallpox.
(b) An abandoned mine shaft.
(c) She is pregnant with Sacred Horse's child.
(d) She loves Red Leaf.

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

3. Who does Lowanla ask Waterlily if she was in Chapter 17?
(a) The girl in all the rumors he had heard.
(b) The girl at the Sun Dance.
(c) The girl he saw riding across the plains.
(d) The ghost of his mother.

4. How do Sacred Horse's mothers seem to get along?
(a) They do not speak.
(b) They do not know each other.
(c) They get along quite well.
(d) They bicker all day.

5. What makes Waterlily feel guilty about the way her marriage to Sacred Horse started?
(a) She never cooked well for him.
(b) She never loved him.
(c) She was so shy at first.
(d) She cheated on him.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the significance of the two horses Black Eagle has for the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?

4. What has shamed the girl Waterlily and Blue Bird learn about in Chapter 12?

5. What does the Dakota term Kola refer to?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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