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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. Who was Ohiya?
2. Who was the greedy agent at the Indian Bureau with whom Raymond had trouble?
3. In one example of how the whites swindled the Osage Indians, one woman was entitled to $15,000 a year but her white guardian gave her only __________ a week.
4. Which of the following was NOT a use for peyote among the Indians?
5. The Ute Indians had problems with drinking and __________________.
Short Essay Questions
1. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel for five months of 1917?
2. How did Zitkala-Sa's heritage, especially the Iktomi story, help equip her to manage in the white man's world?
3. What is peyote, and how did the Indians use it?
4. How did Raymond fight for the Ute Indians?
5. What conditions did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond find when they moved to Utah?
6. Explain the cultural conflict Zitkala-Sa experienced no matter where she was?
7. Why did peyote represent a lack of control that Zitkala-Sa had in both her Indian and white worlds?
8. What troubles were created for Zitkala-Sa and Raymond's marriage by F. Baker, the Indian Bureau agent?
9. What did the U.S. government do with the tribal land and how did David fare in the action?
10. What was the dire situation Gertrude found when she returned to the Yankton Reservation after being gone for six years?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Create a brief character study of Zitkala-Sa. What did she look like? What were her positive personality traits? What were some of her negative characteristics? What were her hopes and fears? Was she strong or weak? What were her primary motivations during her life?
Essay Topic 2
Explain the concept of loneliness as it exhibits in the book. Why would Zitkala-Sa have felt periods of loneliness in her life? Explain the loneliness and the methods and attempts to overcome it.
Essay Topic 3
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.
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