American Roots: From Native Traditions to the American Revolution — Test
Question 20 • Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” Our tribal council had no idea how to run a school for girls, and so they sent a group of emissaries to Mount Holyoke and asked the head of Mount Holyoke to send some teachers back to show us how to put together a school for girls. So we built an educational system and began this process of healing and rebuilding ourselves as a people. Which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?
Answer
A
Wilma Mankiller explains how the tribal council sent people to “Mount Holyoke” because they had no idea how to run a school for girls.
B
According to Wilma Mankiller’s speech, the tribal council “had no idea” how to provide education for girls and needed “emissaries.”
C
Wilma Mankiller describes the act of setting up a system of education as being part of “healing and rebuilding ourselves as a people.”
D
“Even though they had no idea how to run a school for girls,” the Cherokee built an educational system, according to Wilma Mankiller.
Explanation
Choice C smoothly incorporates the exact words “healing and rebuilding ourselves as a people” into a sentence that explains their significance. The quotation directly connects creating an educational system with the Cherokee community’s process of recovery. Choice D puts words in quotation marks that do not appear in the excerpt.
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