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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 happened to the land belonging to Indians who were murdered?
(a) It was given to Negro slaves.
(b) It was given to white settlers.
(c) It was given to their families.
(d) It was given to white guardians.

2. What did Zitkala-Sa love about the white world?
(a) Books.
(b) Holidays.
(c) Religion.
(d) Food.

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

4. Why did David lose his job at the Indian Bureau?
(a) He stole some money.
(b) He came in drunk after lunch one day.
(c) He was late too many times.
(d) The job was given to a white man.

5. How did Zitkala-Sa feel about the Ute reservation?
(a) It frightened her.
(b) It made her happy.
(c) It dissatisfied her.
(d) It pleased her.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zitkala-Sa wanted peyote to be ____________________.

2. What was the name of the reservation where Zitkala-Sa and her husband lived in the state in #110?

3. Which of the following is NOT something the white men did to the Osage Indians?

4. Zitkala-Sa was a trailblazer for ___________________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Why did peyote represent a lack of control that Zitkala-Sa had in both her Indian and white worlds?

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

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