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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. Who is the leader of Sacred Horse's camp circle?
2. What celebration is going on when Rainbow and family arrive at the far off camp circle in Chapter 10?
3. What does Waterlily do as soon as the ghostkeeping is over in Chapter 13?
4. Who has Ohiya taken a vow of fellowship with?
5. What makes Waterlily feel guilty about the way her marriage to Sacred Horse started?
Short Essay Questions
1. When everyone in the camp circle starts getting sick and dying what does Good Hunter tell Sacred Horse to do, and why?
2. Why does Leaping Fawn have a Virgin's Fire, and what happens during the ceremony?
3. What story about a young boy moves Waterlily in Chapter 11?
4. When Waterlily arrives at her camp circle, who does not greet her, and why?
5. When Sacred Horse tells his friend about the distance between him and his wife, what does Sacred Horse's friend suggest?
6. What is the significance of a Buffalo Ceremony, and why does Rainbow give one for Waterlily?
7. Describe the interactions between Waterlily and Lowanla in Chapter 17, leading up to their engagement.
8. Why do women sneak water to their husbands and boyfriends during the Sun Dance, and how does Waterlily feel about this?
9. In Chapter 14, what does Waterlily learn about her grandfather, and how does she feel about this news?
10. What is a ghostkeeping, and why does Gloku's family decide to have one when she dies?
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 is marriage portrayed in this novel? Compare and contrast the marriages described in "Waterlily".
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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