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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why did so many of the Indian children have chronic health problems or die?
(a) There was no medicine.
(b) They were weak from starvation.
(c) They were always out in inclement weather.
(d) They did not get enough Vitamin C.

4. The U.S. government forced Tate to send David to _____________________.
(a) a hospital.
(b) boarding school.
(c) church.
(d) another reservation.

5. Where did Gertrude hide to try to avoid getting her hair cut?
(a) Under a bed.
(b) In the chapel.
(c) In the cellar.
(d) In the orchard.

6. The Federal agents took away Indian children as young as ___________________.
(a) seven.
(b) four.
(c) two.
(d) five.

7. Gertrude had a bad dream in which _________________ came to get Tate and her guest.
(a) the soldiers.
(b) the devil.
(c) the headmaster.
(d) ghosts.

8. What was forbidden to the Indian children?
(a) Going home to see their parents.
(b) Telling jokes.
(c) Drinking lemonade.
(d) Buying candy.

9. How did Gertrude get revenge on the matron who ordered her to mash the item in #59?
(a) She mashed so hard she broke the jar.
(b) She ran her dirty fingers through the mashed food.
(c) She put a jalapeno pepper in the mashed food.
(d) She spit in the dish of mashed food.

10. Until what time did the children at the boarding school have to work each night?
(a) 9 o'clock.
(b) 6 o'clock.
(c) 10 o'clock.
(d) 5 o'clock.

11. A white woman tossed Gertrude around like ______________.
(a) a rag.
(b) a doll.
(c) a rug.
(d) an animal.

12. Gertrude enjoyed the stories about which Indian character?
(a) Tecumseh.
(b) Watanahu.
(c) Powhatan.
(d) Iktomi.

13. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?
(a) Chippewa.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Cheyenne.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people in #12 wrap a newborn baby in during their visit with Tate's tribe?

2. Who was David's wife?

3. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.

4. What happened to Gertrude when she got on the train?

5. How many children did Tate have?

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