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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. Which Indian chief was murdered on December 15, 1890?
(a) Tecumseh.
(b) Crazy Horse.
(c) Geronimo.
(d) Sitting Bull.
2. What was the only way the staff could cut Gertrude's hair?
(a) They waited until she was asleep.
(b) They sedated her.
(c) They threatened to starve her.
(d) They tied her to a chair.
3. Why did Gertrude cry at the boarding school?
(a) She was hungry.
(b) She was ill.
(c) She wanted her mother.
(d) She was tired.
4. The older boys at the school worked as what?
(a) Mechanics.
(b) Farmers.
(c) Butchers.
(d) Janitors.
5. 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) Nothing.
(d) You will be back soon.
Short Answer Questions
1. The Indian children did not have immunity to ______________________.
2. What did the headmistress do to Totowin for playing in the snow?
3. What is a tipi?
4. What was the name of the boarding school?
5. Why did so many of the Indian children have chronic health problems or die?
Short Essay Questions
1. How did Gertrude begin her fight for both women and Indian rights?
2. What two tragic events occurred for Indian people in December of 1890?
3. What is the premise of "The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa"?
4. How does the story of Prairie Flower and Cloud Elk foreshadow Gertrude's life in white society?
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. How did the Indian children's loneliness exhibit with them physically?
7. What was Red Apple Country and what lies did the white men tell Gertrude about it?
8. Was Gertrude conflicted while experiencing an identity crisis as a girl?
9. What did Gertrude recall about what her mother said about people who had their hair cut off and what did Gertrude do to try to avoid losing her own hair?
10. Describe what daily life was like for the Indian children at the boarding school.
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