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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Washington D.C. 1917 to 1938: Despair; Red Bird's Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. For how long did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 5 months.
(c) 3 years.
(d) 18 months.

2. Zitkala-Sa wanted to leave Washington D. C. and go ____________________.
(a) to the West coast.
(b) back to the reservation.
(c) to Indiana.
(d) to Boston.

3. What is a winyan?
(a) A bird.
(b) A brook.
(c) A woman.
(d) A wound.

4. How did Gertrude travel to the boarding school?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Horseback.
(c) Carriage.
(d) Train.

5. What religion did Zitkala-Sa convert to during this time?
(a) Judaism.
(b) Methodist.
(c) Catholicism.
(d) Episcopalian.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Federal agents do to force the Indians to give up their children?

2. Who was Ohiya?

3. For what war did Raymond enlist?

4. Who was the young man who became engaged to Gertrude when she returned to Pennsylvania in 1897?

5. Who was the main character in Zitkala-Sa's opera?

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