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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 David do that helped with the family's prosperity?

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

3. Where did Zitkala-Sa long to live?

4. On whom did the Ute Indians rely for food?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why did Gertrude like living in Boston?

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

6. 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?

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

8. What was the main problem facing the Ute Indians?

9. What was the project Zitkala-Sa collaborated with William Hanson on in Vernal?

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

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 2

Prejudice and discrimination against Indians was a fact of life during Zitkala-Sa's life. What limitations did Zitkala-Sa struggle against? How did ethnic discrimination hold her back? Explain.

Essay Topic 3

The author uses more than one iteration on the theme of disappointment. Identify at least two characters who either embody or experience disappointment then cite an example to support your answers.

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