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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How did Gertrude travel to the boarding school?
(a) Train.
(b) Carriage.
(c) Wagon.
(d) Horseback.

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

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

5. In which state was the college in #84 located?
(a) South Dakota.
(b) Indiana.
(c) Texas.
(d) Wyoming.

6. The Indian children did not have immunity to ______________________.
(a) Adult diseases.
(b) European diseases.
(c) Asian diseases.
(d) Eastern diseases.

7. Why did Gertrude cry at the boarding school?
(a) She wanted her mother.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She was hungry.
(d) She was tired.

8. What did the Indian children serve as when they were sent to live with white families?
(a) Guests.
(b) Foster children.
(c) Slaves.
(d) Stepchildren.

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

10. What did Tate teach Gertrude to do?
(a) Ride a horse.
(b) Trap small animals.
(c) Catch salmon.
(d) Beadwork.

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

12. What did Gertrude become at the age of 17?
(a) An agent who separated Indian children from their parents.
(b) An activist for Indians' rights.
(c) A young wife who left the area with her husband.
(d) A young mother who gave up her children.

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

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

15. 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 put a jalapeno pepper in the mashed food.
(c) She spit in the dish of mashed food.
(d) She ran her dirty fingers through the mashed food.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which famous people did Tate tell Gertrude she saw?

2. What did Tate say when Gertrude decided to go to the boarding school?

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

4. Who was the U.S. Army captain who wanted to remove Indian infants from their homes?

5. Who was Prairie Flower's ill husband?

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