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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 were the children not allowed to wear at the boarding school?
(a) Boots.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Coats.
(d) Moccasins.

2. Who wrote the document entitled "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians"?
(a) Zitkala-Sa and Raymond.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Richard Henry Pratt.
(d) Zitkala-Sa and others.

3. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?
(a) Horses.
(b) Goats.
(c) Deer.
(d) Buffalo.

4. What religion did Zitkala-Sa convert to during this time?
(a) Catholicism.
(b) Judaism.
(c) Episcopalian.
(d) Methodist.

5. What problem did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond have with Ohiya's children when they took them in?
(a) They had no formal schooling.
(b) They were malnourished.
(c) They had no table manners.
(d) They were too out of control.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the name of the man in #24?

3. What was forbidden to the Indian children?

4. Who was the U.S. Army captain who wanted to remove Indian infants from their homes?

5. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?

(see the answer key)

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