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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did Raymond want the government to give to the Utes?
2. Who was the main character in Zitkala-Sa's opera?
3. Zitkala-Sa protested the use of peyote because ________________________.
4. Which were the only Indians who received fertile land when the U.S. government divided up the tribal land?
5. What did Zitkala-Sa hate about her life in Utah?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who was Carlos Montezuma and why did Zitkala-Sa not marry him?
2. How did Zitkala-Sa reconnect with Carlos Montezuma in Boston?
3. What did the U.S. government do with the tribal land and how did David fare in the action?
4. What major success did Zitkala-Sa have for the Ute Indians several years after her death and what was her legacy to other Indian rights activists who would come after her?
5. Why did Gertrude like living in Boston?
6. What did Zitkala-Sa's opera signify to the world regarding the integration of Indian and white cultures?
7. What troubles were created for Zitkala-Sa and Raymond's marriage by F. Baker, the Indian Bureau agent?
8. What was Zitkala-Sa's opinion of peyote?
9. What were the conditions on the Uintah Reservation that Zitkala-Sa wanted to escape?
10. What conditions did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond find when they moved to Utah?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explain how Zitkala-Sa was able to incorporate Indian culture into her white world and her white world into her Indian life. What did Zitkala-Sa crave from both worlds? Why was she always restless regardless of the world in which she was currently living?
Essay Topic 2
Create a brief character study of Tate. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? What were her primary motivations during her life?
Essay Topic 3
Discuss Doreen Rappaport's writing style. How is she different from other writers of her time? What are some of her characteristic writing techniques? Identify some examples of her classic style in "The Flight of Red Bird".
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