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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 what disease did Gertrude's fiance die?
(a) Measles.
(b) Mumps.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Malaria.

2. How many children did Ohiya have?
(a) 3.
(b) 1.
(c) 5.
(d) 2.

3. Into what type of boarding school did Zitkala-Sa place her son?
(a) A Benedictine boarding school.
(b) A government boarding school.
(c) A college preparatory school.
(d) An Episcopalian boarding school.

4. What part of Zitkala-Sa emerged when on the Ute reservation?
(a) Her female identity.
(b) Her Sioux identity.
(c) Her white identity.
(d) Her maternal identity.

5. In what year did the U.S. government finally award the Utes their $3 million?
(a) 1939.
(b) 1919.
(c) 1950.
(d) 1972.

Short Answer Questions

1. Zitkala-Sa protested the use of peyote because ________________________.

2. What was the membership fee for Indians to belong to the National Council of American Indians?

3. To what city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond return after their travels in "Despair"?

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

5. Zitkala-Sa told the government that Sitting Bull was her ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What troubles were created for Zitkala-Sa and Raymond's marriage by F. Baker, the Indian Bureau agent?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Who was Carlos Montezuma and why did Zitkala-Sa not marry him?

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