Vocabulary and Comprehension Units 1-3 Test

The primary purpose of the passage is to:

• provide an overview of the life of Zitkala-Sa.

• explain why Zitkala-Sa felt estranged from two cultures.

• give details about the origins of Zitkala-Sa’s activism.

• inform the reader about historical injustices against American Indians.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

As it is used in line 9, “propriety” most nearly means:

• rights of property ownership.

• primary rules of society.

• standards of what is proper.

• lost educational traditions.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What is the main point of the second paragraph (lines 22–41)?

• Simmons depended on her friends at school and enjoyed their time together.

• As a result of her time at missionary school, Simmons would never be completely at home with her Sioux family or within white society.

• Simmons’s sense of alienation drove her to succeed no matter what the cost, and that made her an outcast from society.

• Simmons never looked back once she arrived at the missionary school.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which choice provides the best evidence to support the answer to the previous question?

• Lines 23–27 (“Her... values”)

• Lines 27–30 (“But, the girl... America”)

• Lines 34–36 (“Astute... English”)

• Lines 37–41 (“But it created... cultures”)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

As it is used in line 24, “propinquity” most nearly means:

• similarity.

• kinship.

• nearness in place.

• common language.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

It can be inferred that the author refers to Simmons’s use of the name Zitkala-Sa to:

• raise doubts about her authenticity.

• highlight the difficult question of identity faced by American Indians.

• show that her new name seemed to create distance between Simmons and her family.

• explain that Gertrude Simmons and Zitkala-Sa are the same person.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The main purpose of the third paragraph (lines 42–65) is to provide:

• details about Zitkala-Sa’s adult life.

• an explanation of Zitkala-Sa’s transition from school teacher to advocate.

• a summary of Zitkala-Sa’s activism.

• a question about Zitkala-Sa’s commitment to American values.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

As it is used in line 68, “decry” most nearly means:

• officially depreciate.

• call attention to.

• describe.

• condemn.

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

What point is made when the author says that the book Oklahoma’s Poor Rich Indians is a “powerful legacy” (line 81) of Zitkala-Sa?

• The book exposed government mistreatment of American Indians.

• The book exemplified Zitkala-Sa’s work fighting for American Indian rights.

• Zitkala-Sa worked for years on the book.

• Zitkala-Sa viewed the book as the capstone of her career.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Which of the following statements is supported by the passage as a whole?

• Zitkala-Sa used her language skills and education to aid American Indians.

• Zitkala-Sa completed a book of stories about American Indians in Oklahoma.

• Zitkala-Sa refused to reunite with her mother at Pine Ridge Reservation.

• Zitkala-Sa was so interested in politics that she moved to Washington, D.C.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2