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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A Quaker woman offered to pay for Gertrude's education at which school?
(a) Duke.
(b) Harvard.
(c) University of Detroit.
(d) Earlham College.

2. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?
(a) Helpful
(b) Greedy.
(c) Angry.
(d) Creative.

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

4. On December 29, 1890, ______________ Indians were massacred at Wounded Knee.
(a) nearly 100.
(b) 175.
(c) over 300.
(d) 221.

5. Which of the following was NOT something the government promised the Indians?
(a) Liquor.
(b) Food.
(c) Money.
(d) Livestock.

6. How many marriages did Tate have with white men?
(a) 2.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 1.

7. What animals were slaughtered by the white hunters?
(a) Deer.
(b) Horses.
(c) Goats.
(d) Buffalo.

8. Who stared at Gertrude and the other Indian children?
(a) The train conductor.
(b) White people.
(c) The Indian men.
(d) The nuns.

9. The Federal agent told Gertrude that she could have as much as she wanted of what?
(a) Apples.
(b) Nuts.
(c) Peaches.
(d) Bananas.

10. What did the white hunter promise to give to Prairie Flower?
(a) Buffalo meat.
(b) Buffalo hides.
(c) Squirrel hides.
(d) Deer meat.

11. What did the headmistress do to Totowin for playing in the snow?
(a) She made her wash dishes.
(b) She withheld her supper.
(c) She beat her.
(d) She sent her to her room.

12. Which of the following did Gertrude NOT do during her happy Summer days?
(a) Played with her friends.
(b) Impersonated her mother.
(c) Ate sweet root.
(d) Sharpened knives.

13. In Indian society, the elders told stories to teach ______________ to the young people.
(a) love.
(b) aggression.
(c) fear.
(d) morality.

14. Who was the U.S. Army captain who wanted to remove Indian infants from their homes?
(a) Edward Lee Bonifice.
(b) Richard Henry Pratt.
(c) Robert James Starke.
(d) Philip Alan Bowman.

15. The baby in #13 grew up to sign a treaty with the U.S. government to give away how much Indian land?
(a) 11 million acres.
(b) 500,000 acres.
(c) 2 million acres.
(d) 5 acres.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the devil in Gertrude's dream symbolize?

2. Where did Gertrude return to teach in 1891?

3. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?

4. In what state was Gertrude's second boarding school located?

5. Why did Gertrude cry at the boarding school?

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