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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. How many marriages did Tate have with white men?
(a) 3.
(b) 2.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

2. Why did Zitkala-Sa resign her position of secretary-treasurer of the Society of American Indians?
(a) She was too ill to serve.
(b) They elected a peyote majority leader.
(c) She had more creative pursuits now.
(d) Her family required more of her time.

3. The Federal agents took away Indian children as young as ___________________.
(a) five.
(b) two.
(c) seven.
(d) four.

4. How did Gertrude get revenge on the matron who ordered her to mash the item in #59?
(a) She ran her dirty fingers through the mashed food.
(b) She mashed so hard she broke the jar.
(c) She spit in the dish of mashed food.
(d) She put a jalapeno pepper in the mashed food.

5. Zitkala-Sa's name meant _________________.
(a) little turtle.
(b) mourning dove.
(c) black crow.
(d) red bird.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Zitkala-Sa love about the white world?

2. Which were the only Indians who received fertile land when the U.S. government divided up the tribal land?

3. In what state was Gertrude's second boarding school located?

4. A Quaker woman offered to pay for Gertrude's education at which school?

5. What did David do that helped with the family's prosperity?

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