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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?
(a) Long shirt.
(b) Stiff dresses.
(c) Overalls.
(d) Jeans and shirt.

2. Which disease did Gertrude contract while at college?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Shingles.
(c) Scarlet Fever.
(d) Malaria.

3. What were the children not allowed to wear at the boarding school?
(a) Feathers.
(b) Boots.
(c) Moccasins.
(d) Coats.

4. The older boys at the school worked as what?
(a) Janitors.
(b) Mechanics.
(c) Farmers.
(d) Butchers.

5. What did the devil in Gertrude's dream symbolize?
(a) Her father.
(b) The white man.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) The president.

6. Which of the following is NOT something the girls did at the boarding school?
(a) Made pottery.
(b) Baked.
(c) Sewed.
(d) Washed.

7. Gertrude attended the white man's school what timeframe?
(a) 1832-1837.
(b) 1865-1869.
(c) 1884-1887.
(d) 1901-1904.

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

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

10. What was the only way the staff could cut Gertrude's hair?
(a) They sedated her.
(b) They tied her to a chair.
(c) They threatened to starve her.
(d) They waited until she was asleep.

11. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?
(a) Simmons.
(b) Simpson.
(c) Smith.
(d) Simons.

12. Why did Gertrude cry on the train?
(a) She had a bad sunburn.
(b) She was getting the flu.
(c) Someone took her bag of possessions.
(d) She realized she had left her mother.

13. How old is Gertrude in the chapter, "The Returned Student"?
(a) 15.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 20.

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

15. In which state was the college in #84 located?
(a) Indiana.
(b) Texas.
(c) Wyoming.
(d) South Dakota.

Short Answer Questions

1. At college, Gertrude won honors in which field?

2. The U.S. government forced Tate to send David to _____________________.

3. What did the headmistress do to Totowin for playing in the snow?

4. Gertrude enjoyed the stories about which Indian character?

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

(see the answer keys)

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