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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Tate's family did not have _________________ for food.
(a) money.
(b) appetites.
(c) cooking utensils.
(d) interest.

2. Which of the following is NOT something which Gertrude needed?
(a) Music.
(b) Books.
(c) City Life.
(d) Religion.

3. Zitkala-Sa's best memories were from living ____________________.
(a) in Indiana.
(b) at the reservation.
(c) in Pennsylvania.
(d) in Boston.

4. What happened to the land belonging to Indians who were murdered?
(a) It was given to their families.
(b) It was given to white guardians.
(c) It was given to Negro slaves.
(d) It was given to white settlers.

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

6. What part of Zitkala-Sa emerged when on the Ute reservation?
(a) Her white identity.
(b) Her Sioux identity.
(c) Her female identity.
(d) Her maternal identity.

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

8. Which of the following was NOT a use for peyote among the Indians?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Medicinal uses.
(c) Religious ceremonies.
(d) Visionary powers.

9. From what disease did Gertrude's fiance die?
(a) Mumps.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Measles.
(d) Malaria.

10. What was the state of Zitkala-Sa and Raymond's financial situation?
(a) They were poor.
(b) They were comfortable.
(c) They were making more each year.
(d) They had plenty of money.

11. On whom did the Ute Indians rely for food?
(a) The U.S. government.
(b) Tribal hunters.
(c) Tribal trappers.
(d) Tribal farmers.

12. With what illness was Zitkala-Sa very sick at this time?
(a) Typhoid.
(b) Pertussis.
(c) Diptheria.
(d) Flu.

13. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?
(a) They looked for some land to purchase.
(b) They looked for a good place to start a school.
(c) They were covering the West for a Boston publication.
(d) They documented Indian injustices.

14. How much land had the U.S. government taken from the Ute Indians?
(a) 50 million acres.
(b) 10 million acres.
(c) 2 million acres.
(d) 500,000 acres.

15. What did Zitkala-Sa love about the white world?
(a) Holidays.
(b) Religion.
(c) Books.
(d) Food.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the organization founded by Zitkala-Sa and Raymond?

2. What was Zitkala-Sa's husband's name?

3. What did Zitkala-Sa hate about her life in Utah?

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

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

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