2. How did Gertrude get revenge on the matron who ordered her to mash the item in #59?
(a) She put a jalapeno pepper in the mashed food.
(b) She mashed so hard she broke the jar.
(c) She spit in the dish of mashed food.
(d) She ran her dirty fingers through the mashed food.

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

4. Like many Indian children who attended boarding school, Gertrude suffered __________________.
(a) malaria.
(b) scarlet fever.
(c) smallpox.
(d) an identity crisis.

5. How old was Gertrude when she wrote a scathing article in "Atlantic Monthly" regarding the mistreatment of Indians?
(a) 13.
(b) 24.
(c) 16.
(d) 18.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?

2. The U.S. government forced Tate to send David to _____________________.

3. At the boarding school, there were cruel and unusual punishments such as whippings and ____________________.

4. The Federal agent told Gertrude that she could have as much as she wanted of what?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. 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?

3. What was Gertrude's experience on the train headed to the boarding school?

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

9. How many times was Tate married, and how many children did she have?

10. What was Gertrude's experience upon her arrival at the boarding school?

(see the answer keys)

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