WorksheetsQuiz on Still Standing
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the significance of the Muscowequan Residential School in Saskatchewan?
It is a site for new residential school construction.
It is a modern educational facility for Indigenous children.
It is the first residential school built in Canada.
It is a monument to the atrocities committed by Canada’s federal government and churches.
When did the Muscowequan Residential School stop operating as a government-run residential school?
1886
1997
1946
1982
What does the Touchwood Agency Tribal Council hope to transform the Muscowequan Residential School building into?
A private residence
A museum and archive
A shopping mall
A new residential school
What tragic discovery was made by a construction company in 1992 at the Muscowequan Residential School site?
A time capsule
A hidden library
A secret underground tunnel
Remains of nearly 20 children
What is one of the darkest elements of the residential school system mentioned in the text?
Many children disappeared while attending residential schools.
The schools had no educational curriculum.
The schools were built with poor materials.
The schools were located in remote areas.
According to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, how many student deaths were documented?
Less than 500
Exactly 1,000
Around 10,000
More than 3,100
What does the Muskowekwan community view the school as?
A site for commercial development
A forgotten historical site
A powerful site of social memory
A place for new educational opportunities
What was the standard practice regarding cemeteries at residential schools?
To have no cemeteries at all
To construct a cemetery directly attached to the schools
To build cemeteries far away from the schools
To use public cemeteries in nearby towns
What does the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation call upon communities to do?
Build new residential schools
Continue the work of the TRC’s Working Group on Missing Children and Unmarked Burials
Focus solely on economic development
Ignore the past and move on
What is a major challenge in identifying children who died at residential schools?
Poor record-keeping and passage of time
Lack of interest from the government
Insufficient funding for research
No surviving family members
What does the Muscowequan Residential School represent nationally to many former students?
The last sites of resistance against an encroaching colonial project
A model for future educational institutions
A place of fond memories
An example of successful assimilation
What was the fate of many children who tried to run away from residential schools?
They were given awards
They were sent to other schools
They often died
They were welcomed back with open arms
What does the Touchwood Agency plan to do for the unrecognized children?
Build a new school in their honor
Relocate them to another site
Ignore their existence
Respectfully document and care for them
What did Sen. Murray Sinclair say about the tracking of children who died at residential schools?
They had excellent records of all children.
They just didn’t bother keeping track of children who died.
They celebrated the lives of each child.
They kept detailed diaries of each child's life.
What is the estimated number of unmarked gravesites near former residential schools?
As many as 400
Exactly 100
Less than 50
Over 1,000
