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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. What was the name of the white settlement where Zitkala-Sa and her family lived in 1913?
(a) Gibbons.
(b) Vernal.
(c) Daly.
(d) Howard.

2. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?
(a) Overalls.
(b) Jeans and shirt.
(c) Long shirt.
(d) Stiff dresses.

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

4. Why did the character in #132 have to dance a sun dance in the opera?
(a) To prove his worthiness to his beloved.
(b) To bring an end to the rains.
(c) To insure luck on the buffalo hunt.
(d) To bring an abundant harvest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boarding school?

2. In what year did Gertrude return home from the second boarding school?

3. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?

4. Why did Gertrude cry on the train?

5. What happened to Gertrude when she got on the train?

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