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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?
(a) Swim in the creek.
(b) Post letters.
(c) Went to town.
(d) Pick apples.

2. In what year did Gertrude return home from the second boarding school?
(a) 1890.
(b) 1901.
(c) 1865.
(d) 1921.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the name of the boarding school?

2. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?

3. Gertrude was born on February 22 in what year?

4. Where did the Federal agent tell Gertrude the boarding school was located?

5. Who was Tate's son from her second marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. What role did oral stories serve in the Indian society, and which story character did Gertrude like best?

2. How did the Indian children's loneliness exhibit with them physically?

3. What publication did Gertrude write for when she was 24, and what was the content of her article?

4. In what ways did Red Apple Country represent the white man's world to the Indian children?

5. Why did Captain Richard Henry Pratt develop the idea to remove Indian infants from their homes and transfer them to the homes of white people and how did this plan extend into reality?

6. Explain the symbolism in the story of Prairie Flower and Cloud Elk.

7. Explain the symbolism of Lewis and Clark wrapping an Indian baby in an American flag.

8. Was Gertrude conflicted while experiencing an identity crisis as a girl?

9. What were some of the shocking experiences of Gertrude and the other children on the first day of school?

10. Describe what daily life was like for the Indian children at the boarding school.

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