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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Gertrude travel to the boarding school?
(a) Carriage.
(b) Wagon.
(c) Train.
(d) Horseback.

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

3. Where did Gertrude return to teach in 1891?
(a) White's boarding school.
(b) Apple Valley school.
(c) Washington school.
(d) The Yankton reservation.

4. How many children slept in each bed at the boarding house?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 5.

5. The baby in #13 grew up to sign a treaty with the U.S. government to give away how much Indian land?
(a) 500,000 acres.
(b) 11 million acres.
(c) 5 acres.
(d) 2 million acres.

6. What did the cutting of Gertrude's braids symbolize?
(a) Submission to the white man.
(b) The elimination of vanity.
(c) Practicality.
(d) Rigorous hygiene.

7. In Indian society, the elders told stories to teach ______________ to the young people.
(a) fear.
(b) love.
(c) morality.
(d) aggression.

8. Where was the boarding school located?
(a) Indianapolis, Indiana.
(b) Portland, Indiana.
(c) Fort Wayne, Indiana.
(d) Wabash, Indiana.

9. According to Gertrude's mother, who were the only people who had their hair cut off?
(a) Little boys.
(b) Captured white men.
(c) White women.
(d) Unskilled warriors.

10. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.
(a) 175.
(b) over 300.
(c) 221.
(d) nearly 100.

11. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?
(a) Goats.
(b) Deer.
(c) Buffalo.
(d) Horses.

12. At college, Gertrude won honors in which field?
(a) Art.
(b) Oratory.
(c) Athletics.
(d) Philosophy.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was David's wife?

2. The older boys at the school worked as what?

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

4. What did the Indian children serve as when they were sent to live with white families?

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

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