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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. A Quaker woman offered to pay for Gertrude's education at which school?
(a) Harvard.
(b) University of Detroit.
(c) Duke.
(d) Earlham College.

2. What was the name of the opera co-written by Zitkala-Sa?
(a) The Buffalo Moon.
(b) The Sun Dance.
(c) Indian Summer.
(d) Dances with Wolves.

3. Like many Indian children who attended boarding school, Gertrude suffered __________________.
(a) malaria.
(b) scarlet fever.
(c) an identity crisis.
(d) smallpox.

4. A popular topic for Gertrude's speeches was __________________.
(a) Female equality.
(b) Indian rights.
(c) Religion.
(d) Healthcare.

5. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.
(a) nearly 100.
(b) 175.
(c) 221.
(d) over 300.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What role did Zitkala-Sa take on in the Society of American Indians?

3. What was the only way the staff could cut Gertrude's hair?

4. In which state was the college in #84 located?

5. At college, Gertrude won honors in which field?

(see the answer key)

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