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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Gertrude received recognition with performances using which musical instrument?
(a) Violin.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Piano.
(d) Flute.

2. Who was Ohiya?
(a) Zitkala-Sa's husband.
(b) Zitkala-Sa's father.
(c) Zitkala-Sa's son.
(d) Zitkala-Sa's brother.

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

4. Who lived near the Indian village?
(a) White soldiers.
(b) White missionaries.
(c) White robbers.
(d) White settlers.

5. In her lifetime, Zitkala-Sa had difficulty with _________________.
(a) dancing.
(b) singing.
(c) fitting in.
(d) cooking.

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

7. Why did the character in #132 have to dance a sun dance in the opera?
(a) To bring an abundant harvest.
(b) To insure luck on the buffalo hunt.
(c) To prove his worthiness to his beloved.
(d) To bring an end to the rains.

8. What was the name of the reservation where Zitkala-Sa and her husband lived in the state in #110?
(a) Lakota Reservation.
(b) Yankton Reservation.
(c) Colorado Reservation.
(d) Uintah Reservation.

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

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

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

12. Why did Raymond accuse Zitkala-Sa of having an affair?
(a) She was no longer affectionate toward him.
(b) She would gaze longingly at another man.
(c) She was away for opera rehearsals.
(d) She spoke another man's name in her sleep.

13. Why did Zitkala-Sa's separate herself from the Ute Indians?
(a) She did not speak their language.
(b) She still wanted things like books and music.
(c) She did not practice their religion.
(d) There were tribal differences.

14. What fib did Zitkala-Sa tell the government in Washington?
(a) Her father was full-blooded Indian.
(b) Her mother was killed by white soldiers.
(c) Her little brother was massacred at Wounded Knee.
(d) Her mother was captured by the Sioux Indians.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From which tribe did the young man in #98 come?

2. Where did Zitkala-Sa long to live?

3. What was the name of the opera co-written by Zitkala-Sa?

4. The Ute Indians had problems with drinking and __________________.

5. The Utes won a settlement from the U.S. government in the amount of ______________ for their land.

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