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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. How does Rainbow's best friend refer to Gloku?

2. How do the elders feel about Rainbow's decision to go visit his best friend?

3. Why is Waterlily not interested in remarrying in Chapter 17?

4. What are Black Eagle and his family trying to find before the ghostkeeping in Chapter 13?

5. What is the camp circle left with for the rest of the winter in Chapter 16?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens during the first part of the Sun Dance ceremony in Chapter 10, and what particularly captures Waterlily's attention?

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

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

5. When Waterlily arrives at her camp circle, who does not greet her, and why?

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

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

8. What is the significance of a Buffalo Ceremony, and why does Rainbow give one for Waterlily?

9. Describe the camp circle of Waterlily's new husband and new family in Chapter 14?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Compare and contrast the characters Waterlily and Blue Bird.

Essay Topic 2

What is the importance of the author, Ella Cara Deloria, having a Sioux heritage, and how might that have affected her writing of "Waterlily"?

Essay Topic 3

How do the minor characters in the novel affect the plot? How would the novel be different if one or more of these characters were removed?

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