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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How many years has Gertrude been at the boarding school?
(a) 3.
(b) 6.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.
2. How old was Gertrude when she wrote a scathing article in "Atlantic Monthly" regarding the mistreatment of Indians?
(a) 13.
(b) 16.
(c) 24.
(d) 18.
3. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.
(a) 221.
(b) over 300.
(c) nearly 100.
(d) 175.
4. What was forbidden to the Indian children?
(a) Drinking lemonade.
(b) Telling jokes.
(c) Going home to see their parents.
(d) Buying candy.
5. 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.
6. Gertrude's playmates at the boarding school were Judewin and _____________.
(a) Totowin.
(b) Mahalo.
(c) Tate.
(d) Tatakin.
7. What did Tate say when Gertrude decided to go to the boarding school?
(a) The white man is a liar.
(b) I will never see you again.
(c) You will be back soon.
(d) Nothing.
8. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?
(a) Pacifism.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Religious fervor.
(d) Female equality.
9. Like many Indian children who attended boarding school, Gertrude suffered __________________.
(a) an identity crisis.
(b) scarlet fever.
(c) malaria.
(d) smallpox.
10. Which disease did Gertrude contract while at college?
(a) Malaria.
(b) Shingles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Tuberculosis.
11. What last name was given to Gertrude?
(a) Sapp.
(b) Shaw.
(c) Simmons.
(d) Short.
12. The Federal agent told Gertrude that she could have as much as she wanted of what?
(a) Bananas.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Apples.
(d) Peaches.
13. Which of the following did Gertrude NOT do during her happy Summer days?
(a) Impersonated her mother.
(b) Played with her friends.
(c) Ate sweet root.
(d) Sharpened knives.
14. According to Gertrude's mother, who were the only people who had their hair cut off?
(a) White women.
(b) Captured white men.
(c) Unskilled warriors.
(d) Little boys.
15. What is a tipi?
(a) A white man.
(b) An Indian shelter.
(c) A canoe.
(d) A bird.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who was Prairie Flower's ill husband?
2. Who was Tate's son from her second marriage?
3. What is a winyan?
4. The Federal agents took away Indian children as young as ___________________.
5. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?
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