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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who was Judewin?
(a) Gertrude's mother.
(b) Gertrude's grandmother.
(c) Gertrude's sister.
(d) Gertrude's friend.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. Like many Indian children who attended boarding school, Gertrude suffered __________________.
(a) an identity crisis.
(b) smallpox.
(c) malaria.
(d) scarlet fever.

10. A Quaker woman offered to pay for Gertrude's education at which school?
(a) University of Detroit.
(b) Earlham College.
(c) Harvard.
(d) Duke.

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

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

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

14. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?
(a) Female equality.
(b) Pacifism.
(c) Higher education.
(d) Religious fervor.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which Indian chief was murdered on December 15, 1890?

2. What image did Gertrude scratch out in the Bible?

3. In which state was the college in #84 located?

4. Which of the following was NOT a behavior exhibited by the Indian children?

5. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?

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