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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was the name of the white settlement where Zitkala-Sa and her family lived in 1913?
(a) Howard.
(b) Gibbons.
(c) Daly.
(d) Vernal.

2. Why did David lose his job at the Indian Bureau?
(a) The job was given to a white man.
(b) He stole some money.
(c) He came in drunk after lunch one day.
(d) He was late too many times.

3. What did David do that helped with the family's prosperity?
(a) Farm.
(b) Hunt.
(c) Trap.
(d) Scout.

4. Who was the greedy agent at the Indian Bureau with whom Raymond had trouble?
(a) F. Bowen.
(b) F. Bolton.
(c) F. Barker.
(d) F. Baker.

5. Which of the following was NOT a use for peyote among the Indians?
(a) Hunting.
(b) Religious ceremonies.
(c) Visionary powers.
(d) Medicinal uses.

6. Why did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond travel around in the chapter entitled, "Despair"?
(a) They documented Indian injustices.
(b) They were covering the West for a Boston publication.
(c) They looked for some land to purchase.
(d) They looked for a good place to start a school.

7. To what city did Zitkala-Sa and Raymond return after their travels in "Despair"?
(a) Chicago.
(b) Washington D.C.
(c) New York.
(d) Boston.

8. Which were the only Indians who received fertile land when the U.S. government divided up the tribal land?
(a) Those who had little children.
(b) Those who were not ill.
(c) Those who accepted the white culture.
(d) Those who had old people.

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

10. How many children did Ohiya have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

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

12. What was Zitkala-Sa's husband's name?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Samuel.
(c) Raymond.
(d) Steven.

13. What gave Zitkala-Sa the cultural joy she most craved?
(a) Her Indian home.
(b) Her mother.
(c) The white culture.
(d) Her son.

14. Zitkala-Sa told the government that Sitting Bull was her ___________________.
(a) grandfather.
(b) godfather.
(c) brother.
(d) uncle.

15. Who lived near the Indian village?
(a) White missionaries.
(b) White soldiers.
(c) White settlers.
(d) White robbers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mormon families come to the white settlement to see?

2. Zitkala-Sa wanted peyote to be ____________________.

3. The white settlement in #127 was how many miles from the Ute reservation?

4. What role did Zitkala-Sa take on in the Society of American Indians?

5. Ruthless men swindled money from the Utes by selling __________________-.

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