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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 image did Gertrude scratch out in the Bible?
(a) The devil's eyes.
(b) Jesus with the little children.
(c) God descending on clouds.
(d) Moses parting the Red Sea.

2. How did the boarding school make money off the Indian children?
(a) They made them bead moccasins.
(b) They sold their braids.
(c) They made them sew blankets.
(d) They made them perform native dances.

3. In what state was Gertrude's second boarding school located?
(a) Montana.
(b) Nebraska.
(c) Ohio.
(d) Oklahoma.

4. Who was Tate's son from her second marriage?
(a) Charles.
(b) David.
(c) Philip.
(d) James.

5. Gertrude's playmates at the boarding school were Judewin and _____________.
(a) Mahalo.
(b) Tate.
(c) Totowin.
(d) Tatakin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?

2. How many marriages did Tate have with white men?

3. What did some of the children at the boarding school sneak out to do?

4. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?

5. What was the only way the staff could cut Gertrude's hair?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Gertrude begin her fight for both women and Indian rights?

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

3. 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.

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

5. What two tragic events occurred for Indian people in December of 1890?

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

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

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

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

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

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