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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Uintah Reservation 1903 to 1916: Awakenings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What were the children not allowed to wear at the boarding school?
(a) Coats.
(b) Boots.
(c) Feathers.
(d) Moccasins.

2. What lie did the Indian Bureau agent tell about Raymond?
(a) That he was a drunk.
(b) That he beat Zitkala-Sa.
(c) That he stole food from the bureau.
(d) That he gambled his money away.

3. What was the name of the boarding school?
(a) White's Manual Labor Institute.
(b) White's School for Indian Integration.
(c) White's Christian Day School.
(d) White's Boarding School.

4. Into what type of boarding school did Zitkala-Sa place her son?
(a) A Benedictine boarding school.
(b) An Episcopalian boarding school.
(c) A government boarding school.
(d) A college preparatory school.

5. What did Gertrude become at the age of 17?
(a) An activist for Indians' rights.
(b) A young mother who gave up her children.
(c) A young wife who left the area with her husband.
(d) An agent who separated Indian children from their parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Like many Indian children who attended boarding school, Gertrude suffered __________________.

2. What gave Zitkala-Sa the cultural joy she most craved?

3. According to Gertrude's mother, who were the only people who had their hair cut off?

4. What city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond move to after their son went away to boarding school?

5. In what state was the school in #139 located?

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