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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. What is a winyan?
(a) A bird.
(b) A brook.
(c) A woman.
(d) A wound.

2. The Utes won a settlement from the U.S. government in the amount of ______________ for their land.
(a) $1 million.
(b) $10 million.
(c) $3 million.
(d) $50 million.

3. What did the Indian children serve as when they were sent to live with white families?
(a) Stepchildren.
(b) Foster children.
(c) Guests.
(d) Slaves.

4. What was the name of the man in #24?
(a) Man of Empty Words.
(b) Man of Many Winters.
(c) Man of Big Heart.
(d) Man of Little Ears.

5. Which of the following was NOT something the government promised the Indians?
(a) Food.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Money.
(d) Livestock.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did the boarding school make money off the Indian children?

3. Zitkala-Sa's best memories were from living ____________________.

4. From what disease did Gertrude's fiance die?

5. How much land had the U.S. government taken from the Ute Indians?

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