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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 long can a Dakota ghostkeeping last?
2. What happens to the two horses before the ghostkeeping?
3. What does Good Hunter suggest to stop the disease spreading through the people in Chapter 15?
4. What was the significance of the ghostkeeping to Gloku?
5. Who comes to tell stories while Waterlily is at Red Leaf's family's tipi in Chapter 15?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why is Waterlily asked to wait on Lowanla, and how does she feel about this?
2. Why does Lowanla ask if Waterlily was the girl who offered him water at the Sun Dance, and how does Waterlily respond?
3. Who does Waterlily marry in Chapter 13, how does she know him, and how does he treat her?
4. Who is Red Leaf, and why is Waterlily happy to meet his parents in Chapter 15?
5. How does Waterlily feel after watching Lowanla make his sacrifice and continue to dance, and what happens when she tries to bring him water?
6. Describe the camp circle of Waterlily's new husband and new family in Chapter 14?
7. What is the significance of a Buffalo Ceremony, and why does Rainbow give one for Waterlily?
8. What does Waterlily learn about the camp circle when Sacred Horse's cousin finds her, Echo, and Little Bear in Chapter 16?
9. Who gets sick in Chapter 16, with what illness, and what happens while the rest of the family awaits word from the camp circle?
10. Who arranges for Waterlily to visit her family's camp circle, how is the visit arranged, and how does Waterlily feel about it?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What does the relationship between the Native Americans and their surroundings suggest?
Essay Topic 2
How are the different symbols (the Hunka ceremony, the ghostkeeping, the Virgin's Fire, the Sun Dance) used throughout the novel to represent abstract concepts? Detail and explain how the symbols are used to describe certain abstract concepts and which concepts they describe.
Essay Topic 3
"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?
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