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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years have passed since Gertrude was home at the Yankton Reservation?
(a) 10.
(b) 6.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

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

3. On whom did the Ute Indians rely for food?
(a) Tribal hunters.
(b) The U.S. government.
(c) Tribal farmers.
(d) Tribal trappers.

4. Zitkala-Sa protested the use of peyote because ________________________.
(a) it was toxic.
(b) it was addictive.
(c) it was easy to get.
(d) it caused cancer.

5. How much land had the U.S. government taken from the Ute Indians?
(a) 2 million acres.
(b) 500,000 acres.
(c) 10 million acres.
(d) 50 million acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Zitkala-Sa not attend the last hearing regarding the Osage Indians?

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

3. Zitkala-Sa's best memories were from living ____________________.

4. Who was the main character in Zitkala-Sa's opera?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Zitkala-Sa's opera signify to the world regarding the integration of Indian and white cultures?

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

3. Why did Gertrude like living in Boston?

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

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

6. What was Zitkala-Sa's opinion of peyote?

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

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

9. How did Zitkala-Sa's heritage, especially the Iktomi story, help equip her to manage in the white man's world?

10. Why did Zitkala-Sa write a report entitled "Oklahoma's Poor Rich Indians" and what effect did it have on changes being made for the Osage Indians?

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