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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. Which Indians were the richest people in the world?
(a) The Crees.
(b) The Osages.
(c) The Potawatomis.
(d) The Dakotas.

2. What did Zitkala-Sa hate about her life in Utah?
(a) Cooking.
(b) Weaving.
(c) Hunting.
(d) Farming.

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

4. 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) Uintah Reservation.
(d) Colorado Reservation.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which were the only Indians who received fertile land when the U.S. government divided up the tribal land?

2. What role did Zitkala-Sa take on in the Society of American Indians?

3. What did Zitkala-Sa love about the white world?

4. In what year did the U.S. government finally award the Utes their $3 million?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. 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?

6. What did Zitkala-Sa's opera signify to the world regarding the integration of Indian and white cultures?

7. What was the main problem facing the Ute Indians?

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

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

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

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