Analyzing Central Ideas in a Historical Speech — Quiz
Question 14 • English Language Arts 10
Read the excerpt from "We Are Determined Not to Sell Our Lands." Brother, the white people buy and sell false rights to our lands, and your employers have, you say, paid a great price for their rights. They must have plenty of money to spend it in buying false rights to lands belonging to Indians. The loss of it will not hurt them, but our lands are of great value to us, and we wish you to go back with our talk to your employers and tell them and the Yorkers that they have no right to buy and sell false rights to our lands. Which best describes the central idea of this excerpt?
Answer
A
Yorkers are determined to buy lands from Indigenous people.
B
Yorkers have no right to sell the lands held by Indigenous people.
C
Buying land from Indigenous people is expensive for Yorkers.
D
Land is more important to Indigenous people than Yorkers.
Explanation
The speaker argues that the land belongs to Indigenous people and that outsiders have no legitimate claim to trade rights to it. The excerpt directly says the Yorkers have “no right to buy and sell false rights” to Indigenous lands, which is best reflected by the choice that they have no right to sell those lands.
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