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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Star Elk leave the camp permanently in Chapter 3?
2. What happens to Blue Bir'ds newborn baby when Waterlily leaves his side in Chapter 7?
3. What was given to Blue Bird and her grandmother when they join the camp circle in Chapter 2?
4. Who wants to give Waterlily a horse in Chapter 4?
5. What does Blue Bird believe is the significance of the unseen voice she hears after praying for her daughter in Chapter 3?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Blue Bird's grandmother feel when she learned that Blue Bird had agreed to marry Star Elk?
2. How does Waterlily feel when Little Chief kills his first buffalo, and why is it important?
3. Describe the place Rainbow takes Blue Bird for their honeymoon trip.
4. Why does Gloku visit Blue Bird, and what does Blue Bird learn about Gloku's family in Chapter 4?
5. How does the camp circle feel about Star Elk's actions against Blue Bird, and what does Star Elk do as a result?
6. What do Rainbow and the other men do in response to finding the dead Indian and why?
7. Why does Blue Bird find it hard to adjust to returning to her own camp circle?
8. What happens to Waterlily when she is left to care for her blind grandfather at the age of six?
9. When Waterlily leaves Ohiya for a moment in Chapter 7, what happens and how is this rectified?
10. How is Little Chief honored when a dead Indian is found in the bushes during a hunting expedition?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How is marriage portrayed in this novel? Compare and contrast the marriages described in "Waterlily".
Essay Topic 2
What does the relationship between the Native Americans and their surroundings suggest?
Essay Topic 3
What is the importance of the author, Ella Cara Deloria, having a Sioux heritage, and how might that have affected her writing of "Waterlily"?
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