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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The Yankton Indians were part of which Indian nation?
(a) Chippewa.
(b) Sioux.
(c) Lakota.
(d) Cheyenne.

2. The older boys at the school worked as what?
(a) Farmers.
(b) Butchers.
(c) Janitors.
(d) Mechanics.

3. What did the devil in Gertrude's dream symbolize?
(a) The president.
(b) The white man.
(c) Her father.
(d) The headmaster.

4. What did the girls wear at the boarding school?
(a) Jeans and shirt.
(b) Overalls.
(c) Stiff dresses.
(d) Long shirt.

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

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

7. What did Tate teach Gertrude to do?
(a) Trap small animals.
(b) Beadwork.
(c) Catch salmon.
(d) Ride a horse.

8. What was the name of the Indian agency where Tate and the others received their government food rations?
(a) Green River.
(b) Greenville.
(c) Greenwood.
(d) Greenbrook.

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

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

11. What did Gertrude observe that was important to the Quaker teachers?
(a) Female equality.
(b) Higher education.
(c) Pacifism.
(d) Religious fervor.

12. What was Gertrude's last name as a girl?
(a) Simpson.
(b) Simmons.
(c) Smith.
(d) Simons.

13. At the boarding school, there were cruel and unusual punishments such as whippings and ____________________.
(a) solitary confinement.
(b) starvation.
(c) kneeling on raw grits.
(d) body mutilation.

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

15. What was forbidden to the Indian children?
(a) Drinking lemonade.
(b) Buying candy.
(c) Going home to see their parents.
(d) Telling jokes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the people in #12 wrap a newborn baby in during their visit with Tate's tribe?

2. A Quaker woman offered to pay for Gertrude's education at which school?

3. What did Tate say when Gertrude decided to go to the boarding school?

4. What is the meaning of Zitkala-Sa?

5. Which of the following does NOT describe the character in #21?

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