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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. What are Black Eagle and his family trying to find before the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?
2. Who does Rainbow go to visit in a far off camp circle in Chapter 10?
3. How does Waterlily respond to Lowanla's question about who she is in Chapter 17?
4. What happens to Sacred Horse at the start of Chapter 16?
5. What does Blue Bird tell Waterlily about when they return to their camp circle in Chapter 12?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens that causes Blue Bird to talk to Waterlily about the proper ways to be courted by a young man, and why does Blue bird feel this is so important?
2. When Sacred Horse tells his friend about the distance between him and his wife, what does Sacred Horse's friend suggest?
3. Why does Lowanla ask if Waterlily was the girl who offered him water at the Sun Dance, and how does Waterlily respond?
4. Who is Red Leaf, and why is Waterlily happy to meet his parents in Chapter 15?
5. Who arranges for Waterlily to visit her family's camp circle, how is the visit arranged, and how does Waterlily feel about it?
6. What story about a young boy moves Waterlily in Chapter 11?
7. When everyone in the camp circle starts getting sick and dying what does Good Hunter tell Sacred Horse to do, and why?
8. What happens to the two American horses Black Eagle had been saving for Gloku's ghostkeeping, and what opportunity arises to rectify the issue?
9. What is a ghostkeeping, and why does Gloku's family decide to have one when she dies?
10. Who gets sick in Chapter 16, with what illness, and what happens while the rest of the family awaits word from the camp circle?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who receives great honors in "Waterlily", and why? How are these honors bestowed, and what do they mean?
Essay Topic 2
"Waterlily" was not published until it had been condensed to half of its original size. How might this have affected the novel's plot? Why do you think it was shortened so much?
Essay Topic 3
How does the third person point-of-view enhance or inhibit the story? How would the novel be different if a different point of view were used?
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