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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Until what time did the children at the boarding school have to work each night?
(a) 10 o'clock.
(b) 6 o'clock.
(c) 9 o'clock.
(d) 5 o'clock.

2. What was forbidden to the Indian children?
(a) Drinking lemonade.
(b) Buying candy.
(c) Going home to see their parents.
(d) Telling jokes.

3. What role did Cloud Elk have in the tribe?
(a) Medicine man.
(b) Warrior.
(c) Chief.
(d) Hunter.

4. Who was Judewin?
(a) Gertrude's sister.
(b) Gertrude's friend.
(c) Gertrude's mother.
(d) Gertrude's grandmother.

5. In what state was Gertrude's second boarding school located?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Oklahoma.
(d) Montana.

6. What did the Indian children serve as when they were sent to live with white families?
(a) Stepchildren.
(b) Guests.
(c) Foster children.
(d) Slaves.

7. What is a tiyospaye?
(a) A headpiece.
(b) A tool.
(c) An enemy.
(d) A social unit.

8. In what year did Gertrude return home from the second boarding school?
(a) 1901.
(b) 1890.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1865.

9. When did Gertrude realize she had made a mistake by going to the boarding school?
(a) During the first weekend.
(b) When she was on the train.
(c) On the carriage ride.
(d) During her first night there.

10. After being home with her mother for ________________, Gertrude went to another boarding school.
(a) 5 months.
(b) 6 weeks.
(c) 19 months.
(d) 1 year.

11. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?
(a) Helpful
(b) Angry.
(c) Creative.
(d) Greedy.

12. The Indian children did not have immunity to ______________________.
(a) European diseases.
(b) Eastern diseases.
(c) Adult diseases.
(d) Asian diseases.

13. Which famous people did Tate tell Gertrude she saw?
(a) Lewis and Clark.
(b) Clemons and Tate.
(c) Jefferson and Adams.
(d) Gilchrest and Monnin.

14. Which of the following was NOT a behavior exhibited by the Indian children?
(a) They read the Bible.
(b) They wet their beds.
(c) They stopped eating.
(d) They had diarrhea.

15. How many children did Tate have?
(a) 14.
(b) 4.
(c) 3.
(d) 9.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the Federal agent tell Gertrude the boarding school was located?

2. A white woman tossed Gertrude around like ______________.

3. Where did Gertrude return to teach in 1891?

4. Where was the boarding school located?

5. Why did Gertrude cry on the train?

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