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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 Zitkala-Sa hate about the white world?

2. What did Raymond want the government to give to the Utes?

3. Into what type of boarding school did Zitkala-Sa place her son?

4. Zitkala-Sa died on January 26 in what year?

5. Zitkala-Sa told the government that Sitting Bull was her ___________________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What was the plot of Zitkala-Sa's opera?

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

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

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

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

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

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

What is Zitkala-Sa's legacy? Why did she die in despair? Would she be pleased at the foundation she laid if she were to view the lives of Native Americans in American today?

Essay Topic 3

The theme of man's inhumanity to man is an important one in the book. Describe how it extends through setting, subjects, technique, etc. and provide examples for each.

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