The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa Short Question Test Answer Key

Short Answer Key

The Yankton Reservation 1876 to 1884: Woniya Kin Tinta Kin Piyawanikiye; Wounspe Tokaheya

1. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?

Simmons.

2. Who is Tate?

Gertrude's mother.

3. Gertrude was born on February 22 in what year?

1876.

4. What is the meaning of Zitkala-Sa?

Red bird.

5. How many children did Tate have?

9.

6. How many marriages did Tate have with white men?

3.

7. Who was Tate's son from her second marriage?

David.

8. The U.S. government forced Tate to send David to _____________________.

boarding school.

9. What did Tate teach Gertrude to do?

Beadwork.

10. What was the name of the Indian agency where Tate and the others received their government food rations?

Greenwood.

11. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?

Sioux.

12. Which famous people did Tate tell Gertrude she saw?

Lewis and Clark.

13. What did the...
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