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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. Zitkala-Sa wanted peyote to be ____________________.
(a) legalized.
(b) outlawed.
(c) cheaper.
(d) regulated.

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

3. In what state was the school in #139 located?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Illinois.
(d) Pennsylvania.

4. Who was the Indian doctor who wanted to marry Gertrude in Boston?
(a) Carlos Montezuma.
(b) Carlos Santana.
(c) Carlos Ackley.
(d) Carlos Lopez.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In her lifetime, Zitkala-Sa had difficulty with _________________.

2. With whom did Zitkala-Sa collaborate on an opera?

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

4. Ruthless men swindled money from the Utes by selling __________________-.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Zitkala-Sa's heritage, especially the Iktomi story, help equip her to manage in the white man's world?

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

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

4. Explain the cultural conflict Zitkala-Sa experienced no matter where she was?

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

6. Why was peyote legalized and why did Zitkala-Sa resign as secretary and treasurer of the Society of American Indians?

7. How did Zitkala-Sa reconnect with Carlos Montezuma in Boston?

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

9. What were the circumstances that had Zitkala-Sa sick, broke and exhausted?

10. Explain how Zitkala-Sa's name meaning Red Bird symbolized both her life and afterlife.

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