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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. What was Zitkala-Sa's husband's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Steven.
(c) Samuel.
(d) Raymond.

2. At which school did Gertrude study music?
(a) Boston Conservatory.
(b) The Julliard School.
(c) Cincinnati Conservatory of the Arts.
(d) New York Arts Academy.

3. Which of the following is NOT something the white men did to the Osage Indians?
(a) They stole their money.
(b) They returned a parcel of their land.
(c) They forced them to live in extreme poverty.
(d) They kept their money.

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

5. What was the name of the organization founded by Zitkala-Sa and Raymond?
(a) Native American Council.
(b) National Indian Association of America.
(c) National Council of American Indians.
(d) American Indian Association.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mormon families come to the white settlement to see?

2. What was a major problem with the Indian tribe in #112?

3. Who testified on Zitkala-Sa's behalf before a senate sub-committee?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Zitkala-Sa and Raymond happy to move to Washington D.C.?

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

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

4. What major success did Zitkala-Sa have for the Ute Indians several years after her death and what was her legacy to other Indian rights activists who would come after her?

5. What was the plot of Zitkala-Sa's opera?

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

7. Why was Zitkala-Sa so conflicted about where to live--Washington D.C. or the reservation?

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. What did the U.S. government do with the tribal land and how did David fare in the action?

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