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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Washington D.C. 1917 to 1938: Despair; Red Bird's Flight.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What fib did Zitkala-Sa tell the government in Washington?
(a) Her mother was killed by white soldiers.
(b) Her father was full-blooded Indian.
(c) Her little brother was massacred at Wounded Knee.
(d) Her mother was captured by the Sioux Indians.

2. In Indian society, the elders told stories to teach ______________ to the young people.
(a) aggression.
(b) love.
(c) morality.
(d) fear.

3. In what year did the U.S. government finally award the Utes their $3 million?
(a) 1972.
(b) 1950.
(c) 1939.
(d) 1919.

4. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?
(a) Pennsylvania.
(b) Ohio.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Michigan.

5. Gertrude was born on February 22 in what year?
(a) 1863.
(b) 1876.
(c) 1822.
(d) 1919.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which disease did Gertrude contract while at college?

2. Zitkala-Sa wanted peyote to be ____________________.

3. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?

4. What was the name of the reservation where Zitkala-Sa and her husband lived in the state in #110?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?

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