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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. In 1897, Gertrude taught at the most famous Indian boarding school in America located in which state?
(a) Ohio.
(b) Michigan.
(c) Indiana.
(d) Pennsylvania.

2. Why did Gertrude cry on the train?
(a) She realized she had left her mother.
(b) She had a bad sunburn.
(c) She was getting the flu.
(d) Someone took her bag of possessions.

3. Who was Prairie Flower's ill husband?
(a) Moving Wind.
(b) Cloud Elk.
(c) Red Bird.
(d) Wise Owl.

4. Who is Tate?
(a) Gertrude's mother.
(b) The president's wife.
(c) A Sioux chief.
(d) A young warrior.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Gertrude hide to try to avoid getting her hair cut?

2. Where did Gertrude return to teach in 1891?

3. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Explain how the physical abuse of the Indian children was the beginning of Gertrude's rebellious nature and the beginning of her life as Zitkala-Sa.

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

8. What is the premise of "The Flight of Red Bird: The Life of Zitkala-Sa"?

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

10. How was Gertrude able to attend college in Indiana?

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