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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uintah Reservation 1903 to 1916: Awakenings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In what state was the school in #139 located?
(a) Michigan.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. What did Gertrude become at the age of 17?
(a) An activist for Indians' rights.
(b) A young mother who gave up her children.
(c) An agent who separated Indian children from their parents.
(d) A young wife who left the area with her husband.

3. Which of the following was NOT a behavior exhibited by the Indian children?
(a) They stopped eating.
(b) They wet their beds.
(c) They had diarrhea.
(d) They read the Bible.

4. After being home with her mother for ________________, Gertrude went to another boarding school.
(a) 19 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 1 year.

5. In what year did Gertrude return home from the second boarding school?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1865.

Short Answer Questions

1. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.

2. With whom did Zitkala-Sa collaborate on an opera?

3. Into what type of boarding school did Zitkala-Sa place her son?

4. Which Indian chief was murdered on December 15, 1890?

5. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?

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