The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Doreen Rappaport
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The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Doreen Rappaport
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the meaning of Zitkala-Sa?
(a) Wise owl.
(b) Mountaintop.
(c) Blue skies.
(d) Red bird.

2. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Ohio.

3. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?
(a) Post letters.
(b) Pick apples.
(c) Swim in the creek.
(d) Went to town.

4. What was Gertrude ordered to mash one day?
(a) Apples.
(b) Potatoes.
(c) Turnips.
(d) Sweet potatoes.

5. Who is Tate?
(a) The president's wife.
(b) A Sioux chief.
(c) Gertrude's mother.
(d) A young warrior.

6. What is a tipi?
(a) A canoe.
(b) A bird.
(c) An Indian shelter.
(d) A white man.

7. The older boys at the school worked as what?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Janitors.

8. In what year did Gertrude return home from the second boarding school?
(a) 1865.
(b) 1921.
(c) 1901.
(d) 1890.

9. At college, Gertrude won honors in which field?
(a) Oratory.
(b) Philosophy.
(c) Athletics.
(d) Art.

10. What did the people in #12 wrap a newborn baby in during their visit with Tate's tribe?
(a) A blanket.
(b) A buffalo hide.
(c) A muslin cloth.
(d) An American flag.

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

12. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?
(a) Higher education.
(b) Religious fervor.
(c) Pacifism.
(d) Female equality.

13. Gertrude had a bad dream in which _________________ came to get Tate and her guest.
(a) the headmaster.
(b) the soldiers.
(c) ghosts.
(d) the devil.

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

15. In which state was the college in #84 located?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Wyoming.
(c) South Dakota.
(d) Texas.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the children not allowed to wear at the boarding school?

2. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?

3. A popular topic for Gertrude's speeches was __________________.

4. Which of the following did Gertrude NOT do during her happy Summer days?

5. Which of the following was NOT a behavior exhibited by the Indian children?

(see the answer keys)

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