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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. To what city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond return after their travels in "Despair"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Boston.
(c) New York.
(d) Washington D.C.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who wrote the document entitled "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians"?

2. What city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond move to after their son went away to boarding school?

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

4. For what war did Raymond enlist?

5. Why did David lose his job at the Indian Bureau?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who was Carlos Montezuma and why did Zitkala-Sa not marry him?

2. What was Zitkala-Sa's state of mind at the time of her death in 1938?

3. What was the project Zitkala-Sa collaborated with William Hanson on in Vernal?

4. What were the conditions on the Uintah Reservation that Zitkala-Sa wanted to escape?

5. What was the dire situation Gertrude found when she returned to the Yankton Reservation after being gone for six years?

6. What conditions did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond find when they moved to Utah?

7. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel for five months of 1917?

8. Who did Zitkala-Sa marry and why did she choose him over Carlos Montezuma?

9. What prompted Gertrude to change her name to Zitkala-Sa?

10. Why did Zitkala-Sa write a report entitled "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians" and what effect did it have on changes being made for the Osage Indians?

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