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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Between Two Worlds 1887 to 1902: The Returned Student; Two Contests; Becoming a Teacher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the boarding school, there were cruel and unusual punishments such as whippings and ____________________.
(a) solitary confinement.
(b) body mutilation.
(c) starvation.
(d) kneeling on raw grits.

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

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

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

5. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Michigan.
(d) Indiana.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the man in #24?

2. Gertrude attended the white man's school what timeframe?

3. In which state was the college in #84 located?

4. Which Indian chief was murdered on December 15, 1890?

5. What were the children not allowed to wear at the boarding school?

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