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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. From which tribe did the young man in #98 come?
(a) Cheyenne.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Sioux.

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

3. Which were the only Indians who received fertile land when the U.S. government divided up the tribal land?
(a) Those who had little children.
(b) Those who accepted the white culture.
(c) Those who were not ill.
(d) Those who had old people.

4. What was peyote?
(a) A house.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A small cactus.
(d) A necklace.

5. What was a major problem with the Indian tribe in #112?
(a) Scurvy.
(b) Malnutrition.
(c) Smallpox.
(d) Tuberculosis.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who was the young man who became engaged to Gertrude when she returned to Pennsylvania in 1897?

4. What Indian tribe lived on the reservation in #111?

5. Ohiya's children can be described as ______________ in this chapter.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why did Zitkala-Sa separate herself from the Ute Indians?

6. What is peyote, and how did the Indians use it?

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

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

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

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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