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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. Zitkala-Sa's best memories were from living ____________________.
(a) in Pennsylvania.
(b) in Boston.
(c) in Indiana.
(d) at the reservation.

2. For how long did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?
(a) 18 months.
(b) 3 years.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 1 year.

3. Who wrote the document entitled "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians"?
(a) Zitkala-Sa and others.
(b) Raymond.
(c) Richard Henry Pratt.
(d) Zitkala-Sa and Raymond.

4. Zitkala-Sa's name meant _________________.
(a) mourning dove.
(b) black crow.
(c) red bird.
(d) little turtle.

5. Zitkala-Sa told the government that Sitting Bull was her ___________________.
(a) brother.
(b) godfather.
(c) grandfather.
(d) uncle.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the Indian doctor who wanted to marry Gertrude in Boston?

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

3. What was the state of Zitkala-Sa and Raymond's financial situation?

4. Why did Raymond accuse Zitkala-Sa of having an affair?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. How did Raymond fight for the Ute Indians?

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

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

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

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

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