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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 does Good Hunter suggest to stop the disease spreading through the people in Chapter 15?

2. What does Waterlily realize after Sacred Horse dies in Chapter 17?

3. What celebration is going on when Rainbow and family arrive at the far off camp circle in Chapter 10?

4. What is given in the name of the dead to end the ghostkeeping?

5. Who does Waterlily sneak away to see during the dance in Chapter 11?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Waterlily asked to wait on Lowanla, and how does she feel about this?

2. What happens to the two American horses Black Eagle had been saving for Gloku's ghostkeeping, and what opportunity arises to rectify the issue?

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

4. What story about a young boy moves Waterlily in Chapter 11?

5. When everyone in the camp circle starts getting sick and dying what does Good Hunter tell Sacred Horse to do, and why?

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

7. Describe the story that Yankton tells while Sacred Horse and Waterlily are at the tipi of Red Leaf's parents.

8. What is a ghostkeeping, and why does Gloku's family decide to have one when she dies?

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

10. Describe the interactions between Waterlily and Lowanla in Chapter 17, leading up to their engagement.

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 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 is foreshadowing used in "Waterlily"? Choose one major instance of foreshadowing and follow it through the book, finishing with how the event is fulfilled.

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