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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) Stiff dresses.
(b) Long shirt.
(c) Jeans and shirt.
(d) Overalls.

2. What was the name of the man in #24?
(a) Man of Little Ears.
(b) Man of Empty Words.
(c) Man of Big Heart.
(d) Man of Many Winters.

3. Who was David's wife?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Victoria.
(c) Susan.
(d) Amy.

4. A popular topic for Gertrude's speeches was __________________.
(a) Healthcare.
(b) Indian rights.
(c) Religion.
(d) Female equality.

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

6. What last name was given to Gertrude?
(a) Short.
(b) Sapp.
(c) Shaw.
(d) Simmons.

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

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

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

10. Which of the following was NOT something the government promised the Indians?
(a) Food.
(b) Liquor.
(c) Money.
(d) Livestock.

11. What did the white hunter promise to give to Prairie Flower?
(a) Buffalo hides.
(b) Squirrel hides.
(c) Buffalo meat.
(d) Deer meat.

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

13. Which famous people did Tate tell Gertrude she saw?
(a) Lewis and Clark.
(b) Clemons and Tate.
(c) Jefferson and Adams.
(d) Gilchrest and Monnin.

14. What did the headmistress do to Totowin for playing in the snow?
(a) She withheld her supper.
(b) She beat her.
(c) She sent her to her room.
(d) She made her wash dishes.

15. What was the name of the Indian agency where Tate and the others received their government food rations?
(a) Greenwood.
(b) Green River.
(c) Greenville.
(d) Greenbrook.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a winyan?

2. How many years has Gertrude been at the boarding school?

3. The baby in #13 grew up to sign a treaty with the U.S. government to give away how much Indian land?

4. In what state was Gertrude's second boarding school located?

5. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?

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