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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What role did Zitkala-Sa take on in the Society of American Indians?
(a) Secretary.
(b) Board member.
(c) Public Relations agent.
(d) President.

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

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

4. Why did Zitkala-Sa not attend the last hearing regarding the Osage Indians?
(a) It was too far to travel.
(b) She was too ill.
(c) She was afraid of being murdered.
(d) She had a scheduling conflict.

5. Zitkala-Sa was always reminded of which folklore character when dealing with the government?
(a) Iktomi.
(b) Brother Moon.
(c) Little Turtle.
(d) Soleil.

6. In one example of how the whites swindled the Osage Indians, one woman was entitled to $15,000 a year but her white guardian gave her only __________ a week.
(a) $5.
(b) $15.
(c) $1.
(d) $50.

7. Which city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond move to which made them both happy?
(a) Washington D.C.
(b) Sacramento.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Sioux Falls.

8. What city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond move to after their son went away to boarding school?
(a) Boston.
(b) New York.
(c) Chicago.
(d) Philadelphia.

9. Zitkala-Sa was a trailblazer for ___________________.
(a) Catholics.
(b) indigent people.
(c) politicians.
(d) Indian rights.

10. Who was the greedy agent at the Indian Bureau with whom Raymond had trouble?
(a) F. Barker.
(b) F. Baker.
(c) F. Bolton.
(d) F. Bowen.

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

12. For how long did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?
(a) 1 year.
(b) 18 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 3 years.

13. With whom did Zitkala-Sa collaborate on an opera?
(a) Joseph Samuels.
(b) James Hennigan.
(c) Edward Coates.
(d) William Hanson.

14. The Ute Indians had problems with drinking and __________________.
(a) anger management.
(b) playing cards.
(c) reckless driving.
(d) gambling.

15. Zitkala-Sa wanted to leave Washington D. C. and go ____________________.
(a) back to the reservation.
(b) to Boston.
(c) to Indiana.
(d) to the West coast.

Short Answer Questions

1. Tate's family did not have _________________ for food.

2. What was the name of the reservation where Zitkala-Sa and her husband lived in the state in #110?

3. With what illness was Zitkala-Sa very sick at this time?

4. Which Indians were the richest people in the world?

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

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