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

2. In her lifetime, Zitkala-Sa had difficulty with _________________.
(a) cooking.
(b) fitting in.
(c) dancing.
(d) singing.

3. To what state did Zitkala-Sa and her husband move after their marriage?
(a) Utah.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Indiana.
(d) California.

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

5. How old was Zitkala-Sa's son in the chapter, "Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bonnin"?
(a) 1.
(b) 6.
(c) 10.
(d) 3.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much land had the U.S. government taken from the Ute Indians?

2. Which of the following is NOT something which Gertrude needed?

3. How did Gertrude sign the article that appeared in the publication in #103?

4. What did Zitkala-Sa hate about her life in Utah?

5. The white settlement in #127 was how many miles from the Ute reservation?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did Gertrude like living in Boston?

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

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

6. What was Zitkala-Sa's opinion of peyote?

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

8. 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?

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

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

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