Q.1. How did Zitkala-Sa behave in the breakfast hall? Ans. All the children gathered round a table. A bell rang and they took out chairs. Zitkala-Sa also took out the chair and sat on it. But everyone was still standing. So she got up. Then the bell rang and all of them sat on the chairs, Now she also sat down. Then the third bell rang. Now everyone picked up his knife and fork and began eating. She found a paleface woman was staring at her. She started weeping.
Q.2. What was the metaphor Zitkala-Sa uses for herself?
Ans. Zitkala-Sa used for herself a metaphor of simile. She says that when her hair was cut she was only one of many animals driven by a herder.
Q.3. Why did Zitkala-Sa not like her hair to be cut? Ans. In the society from where the author has come, it was taboo to cut hair. Only the hair of the captured soldiers was cut. The cutting of hair was considered a sign of cowardice. So she did not like her hair to be cut.
Q.4. How did Zitkala-Sa try to escape from having her hair cut?
Ans. Zitkala-Sa did not like that her hair should be cut. She decided to protest against it. She tried to save her hair. So she went into a room. There she hid under a bed. But she was found out and her hair was cut.
Q.5. How were Zitkala-Sa's hair cut?
Ans. Zitkala-Sa hid under a bed. She heard voices calling her name. But she did not come out. Then she heard the footsteps in the room. She was found out. They dragged her out and fastened to a chair. She started crying. But nobody cared for her weeping and her hair was cut down.
Q6. Why was the girl tied to a chair?
Ans. Zitkala sa had long hair. According to the culture of the whites, they wanted to cut her long hair. But she refused to obey their decision. She hid herself under a bed in a dark room. But she was dragged out and tied to a chair for cutting her hair.
Q 7. What warning was issued to Zitkala Sa by Judewin?
Ans. Judewin was Zitkala Sa's friend. She knew a few words of English and had overheard the white women talking about cutting her long and heavy hair. Zitkala Sa had been told by jer mother that the hair of a coward or mourner is cut. But Judewin told that she had to surrender before the powerful.
Q 8. What did the mothers of Zitkala Sa's tribe teach their children about their hair?
Ans. The people of Zitkala Sa's tribe had an age-long tradition to maintain their long, shining, and beautiful hair. Their mothers taught them that only the warriors or the ladies of the other people who had died must get their hair shingled out. Short hair was worn by the cowards.
Q 9. What makes you agree that the seeds of rebellion against injustice are sowed early in life?
Ans. The children by nature are sensitive and go on noticing as well as experiencing what they think is wrong or unjust. They may be weak physically but emotionally they are quite awake and alert. They feel perturbed on seeing injustice. When they grow up, thy stand up in open rebellion against the oppressor.
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