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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) Train.
(b) Wagon.
(c) Carriage.
(d) Horseback.
2. 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.
3. Which of the following was NOT something the government promised the Indians?
(a) Livestock.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Liquor.
4. What did Gertrude become at the age of 17?
(a) A young wife who left the area with her husband.
(b) An agent who separated Indian children from their parents.
(c) An activist for Indians' rights.
(d) A young mother who gave up her children.
5. Gertrude had a bad dream in which _________________ came to get Tate and her guest.
(a) the devil.
(b) ghosts.
(c) the headmaster.
(d) the soldiers.
6. Why did Gertrude cry on the train?
(a) She realized she had left her mother.
(b) Someone took her bag of possessions.
(c) She was getting the flu.
(d) She had a bad sunburn.
7. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?
(a) Pacifism.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Female equality.
(d) Religious fervor.
8. Who was Prairie Flower's ill husband?
(a) Moving Wind.
(b) Cloud Elk.
(c) Red Bird.
(d) Wise Owl.
9. The Federal agents took away Indian children as young as ___________________.
(a) two.
(b) five.
(c) four.
(d) seven.
10. Which of the following did Gertrude NOT do during her happy Summer days?
(a) Played with her friends.
(b) Impersonated her mother.
(c) Ate sweet root.
(d) Sharpened knives.
11. After being home with her mother for ________________, Gertrude went to another boarding school.
(a) 6 weeks.
(b) 19 months.
(c) 5 months.
(d) 1 year.
12. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?
(a) Simmons.
(b) Smith.
(c) Simons.
(d) Simpson.
13. How many marriages did Tate have with white men?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 5.
(d) 1.
14. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) Deer.
(c) Horses.
(d) Goats.
15. What did the Federal agents do to force the Indians to give up their children?
(a) Withheld money.
(b) Burned their villages.
(c) Raped the women.
(d) Withheld their food rations.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?
2. Which Indian chief was murdered on December 15, 1890?
3. The baby in #13 grew up to sign a treaty with the U.S. government to give away how much Indian land?
4. What was Gertrude ordered to mash one day?
5. How many children did Tate have?
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