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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 celebration is going on when Rainbow and family arrive at the far off camp circle in Chapter 10?
(a) A sun dance celebration.
(b) A rain dance celebration.
(c) A sacrifice to the Gods.
(d) A thanksgiving feast.

2. What does finding her social parents do for Waterlily?
(a) Ease her homesickness.
(b) Free her from a loveless marriage.
(c) Make her insane.
(d) Put more of a burden on her.

3. What does Waterlily realize after Sacred Horse dies in Chapter 17?
(a) She could have been a better wife to him.
(b) She caused his death.
(c) She is glad he is dead.
(d) He was very wealthy.

4. What has Lowanla come to do in Chapter 17?
(a) Find food for his people who are starving.
(b) Spread word of an attack that is coming.
(c) Murder Waterlily.
(d) Raise Sacred Horse's child.

5. What would Rainbow and his best friend be willing to do for each other?
(a) Kill the chief.
(b) Leave the tribe.
(c) Die for each other.
(d) Denounce God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What had Waterlily hoped the first time she saw Lowanla?

2. Who comes to tell stories while Waterlily is at Red Leaf's family's tipi in Chapter 15?

3. Why is Waterlily happy Red Leaf's family is in the camp circle?

4. What teaching keeps Waterlily from revealing the truth to Lowanla in Chapter 17?

5. How long is the vow of fellowship taken by Dakota men to last for?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who arranges for Waterlily to visit her family's camp circle, how is the visit arranged, and how does Waterlily feel about it?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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