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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 the devil in Gertrude's dream symbolize?
(a) The white man.
(b) Her father.
(c) The headmaster.
(d) The president.

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

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

4. What role did Cloud Elk have in the tribe?
(a) Chief.
(b) Hunter.
(c) Warrior.
(d) Medicine man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Federal agents do to force the Indians to give up their children?

2. At college, Gertrude won honors in which field?

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

4. Who was Judewin?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the story of Prairie Flower and Cloud Elk foreshadow Gertrude's life in white society?

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

5. What sorts of punishment were handed out to the Indian children at the boarding school and how did Gertrude get revenge one day?

6. Why did Gertrude experience an identity crisis in her pre-teen years?

7. Why did the Indian children at the boarding school get sick and what happened to them during serious illnesses?

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

9. What shocked Gertrude about punishment meted out on Judewin for playing in the snow?

10. 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?

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