Quiz on Mourning Dove and Native American Literature

What is the pen name of Christine Quintasket?

• Mourning Dove

• Soaring Eagle

• Running Deer

• Singing Bird

Where did Christine Quintasket grow up?

• On the Colville Reservation in Washington State

• On the Navajo Reservation in Arizona

• On the Cherokee Reservation in Oklahoma

• On the Sioux Reservation in South Dakota

What was Mourning Dove's novel "Cogewea, the Half-Blood" credited with?

• Breaking down the stereotype of Native Americans as stoic or unfeeling

• Promoting Native American crafts

• Preserving traditional stories of the Okanogan

• Supporting female participation on tribal councils

What did Mourning Dove do after "Cogewea" was published?

• Began to record traditional stories of the Okanogan and other Colville tribes

• Started a school for Native American children

• Became a political activist

• Moved to a different reservation

What did Mourning Dove do to learn English?

• Pored over melodramatic dime-store novels

• Attended a university

• Took private lessons

• Traveled to England

What was Mourning Dove's contribution to preserving her people's culture?

• Publishing stories that recount the history of her people

• Building a museum

• Creating a language school

• Organizing cultural festivals

What did Mourning Dove do to support Native American welfare?

• Fought for their rights in court

• Opened a health clinic

• Built schools

• Organized sports events

What language is the folk tale "Coyote and the Buffalo" originally told in?

• Salish

• Navajo

• Cherokee

• Sioux

What did Mourning Dove do to improve her writing skills?

• Attended secretarial school

• Traveled to Europe

• Worked with a famous author

• Joined a writers' club

When was Mourning Dove's novel "Cogewea, the Half-Blood" published?

• 1927

• 1912

• 1933

• 1936