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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Red Apple Country 1884 to 1887: The Journey; The First Day at School.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who stared at Gertrude and the other Indian children?
(a) The Indian men.
(b) The nuns.
(c) The train conductor.
(d) White people.

2. What is a winyan?
(a) A brook.
(b) A woman.
(c) A bird.
(d) A wound.

3. What happened to Gertrude when she got on the train?
(a) She vomited.
(b) She got pushed to the floor.
(c) She nearly passed out.
(d) She fainted.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?

2. Who was Prairie Flower's ill husband?

3. What did the cutting of Gertrude's braids symbolize?

4. Gertrude enjoyed the stories about which Indian character?

5. How old was Gertrude when she wrote a scathing article in "Atlantic Monthly" regarding the mistreatment of Indians?

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