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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?
(a) Smith.
(b) Simmons.
(c) Simons.
(d) Simpson.
2. How did Gertrude travel to the boarding school?
(a) Wagon.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Train.
(d) Horseback.
3. What was the only way the staff could cut Gertrude's hair?
(a) They tied her to a chair.
(b) They sedated her.
(c) They waited until she was asleep.
(d) They threatened to starve her.
4. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?
(a) Angry.
(b) Creative.
(c) Helpful
(d) Greedy.
5. Who is Tate?
(a) A young warrior.
(b) A Sioux chief.
(c) The president's wife.
(d) Gertrude's mother.
6. Who was Tate's son from her second marriage?
(a) David.
(b) Philip.
(c) Charles.
(d) James.
7. The Federal agents took away Indian children as young as ___________________.
(a) four.
(b) seven.
(c) two.
(d) five.
8. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?
(a) Went to town.
(b) Pick apples.
(c) Post letters.
(d) Swim in the creek.
9. What did the white hunter promise to give to Prairie Flower?
(a) Buffalo meat.
(b) Squirrel hides.
(c) Deer meat.
(d) Buffalo hides.
10. Where did Gertrude hide to try to avoid getting her hair cut?
(a) In the cellar.
(b) In the chapel.
(c) Under a bed.
(d) In the orchard.
11. What did Tate say when Gertrude decided to go to the boarding school?
(a) I will never see you again.
(b) The white man is a liar.
(c) You will be back soon.
(d) Nothing.
12. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?
(a) Lakota.
(b) Chippewa.
(c) Cheyenne.
(d) Sioux.
13. What did Gertrude become at the age of 17?
(a) An activist for Indians' rights.
(b) A young mother who gave up her children.
(c) An agent who separated Indian children from their parents.
(d) A young wife who left the area with her husband.
14. Which of the following is NOT something the girls did at the boarding school?
(a) Washed.
(b) Baked.
(c) Made pottery.
(d) Sewed.
15. What did the headmistress do to Totowin for playing in the snow?
(a) She made her wash dishes.
(b) She sent her to her room.
(c) She withheld her supper.
(d) She beat her.
Short Answer Questions
1. What did the devil in Gertrude's dream symbolize?
2. The baby in #13 grew up to sign a treaty with the U.S. government to give away how much Indian land?
3. A white woman tossed Gertrude around like ______________.
4. What did the people in #12 wrap a newborn baby in during their visit with Tate's tribe?
5. Who stared at Gertrude and the other Indian children?
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