"The School Days of an Indian Girl" by Zitkala (Gertrude Bonnin). Then answer the question.Zitkala presents her strongest argument at the end of passage:A.in order to hide her weaker arguments.B.in order to create a less serious mood.C.so that the reader will remember the way she was mistreated.D.so that the reader will forget the details from the rest of the passage.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which of the following reforms was resented by the Indians?The Abolition of SatiThe Widow Remarriage ActOpening of Girls' schoolBoth (1) and (2)

excerpt adapted from The School Days of an Indian Girlfrom American Indian Storiesby Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin)There were eight in our party of bronzed children who were going East with the missionaries. Among us were three young braves, two tall girls, and we three little ones, Judéwin, Thowin, and I.We had been very impatient to start on our journey to the Red Apple Country, which, we were told, lay a little beyond the great circular horizon of the Western prairie. Under a sky of rosy apples we dreamt of roaming as freely and happily as we had chased the cloud shadows on the Dakota plains. We had anticipated much pleasure from a ride on the iron horse, but the throngs of staring palefaces disturbed and troubled us.On the train, fair women, with tottering babies on each arm, stopped their haste and scrutinized the children of absent mothers. Large men, with heavy bundles in their hands, halted near by, and riveted their glassy blue eyes upon us.I sank deep into the corner of my seat, for I resented being watched. Directly in front of me, children who were no larger than I hung themselves upon the backs of their seats, with their bold white faces toward me. Sometimes they took their forefingers out of their mouths and pointed at my moccasined feet. Their mothers, instead of reproving such rude curiosity, looked closely at me, and attracted their children's further notice to my blanket. This embarrassed me, and kept me constantly on the verge of tears.I sat perfectly still, with my eyes downcast, daring only now and then to shoot long glances around me. Chancing to turn to the window at my side, I was quite breathless upon seeing one familiar object. It was the telegraph pole which strode by at short paces. Very near my mother's dwelling, along the edge of a road thickly bordered with wild sunflowers, some poles like these had been planted by white men. Often I had stopped, on my way down the road, to hold my ear against the pole, and, hearing its low moaning, I used to wonder what the paleface had done to hurt it. Now I sat watching for each pole that glided by to be the last one.In this way I had forgotten my uncomfortable surroundings, when I heard one of my comrades call out my name. I saw the missionary standing very near, tossing candies and gums into our midst. This amused us all, and we tried to see who could catch the most of the sweetmeats. Though we rode several days inside of the iron horse, I do not recall a single thing about our luncheons.It was night when we reached the school grounds. The lights from the windows of the large buildings fell upon some of the icicled trees that stood beneath them. We were led toward an open door, where the brightness of the lights within flooded out over the heads of the excited palefaces who blocked our way. My body trembled more from fear than from the snow I trod upon.29Select the correct answer from the drop-down menu.Read the excerpt. Then choose the correct way to complete the paragraph.One theme in the excerpt is that people sometimes behave unkindly to those who are different from them. The author develops this theme by describing how the narrator

What kind of arguments did the author use in presenting her ideas? *1 pointA. Expert opinionB. ResearchC. Secondary informationD. Testimonial

What is the central argument of Lake's letter, "An Indian Father's Plea"?A.That the teacher needs to respect Wind-Wolf's culture and take that into account when teaching himB.That his son should be removed from the school and sent home so that he can learn from the tribeC.That the teacher is prejudiced against American Indians and should be fired from the schoolD.That the author realizes his son is a failure in school and that he feels bad for the teacher

An Indian Father's Plea" by Medicine Grizzlybear Lake. Then answer the question.In this passage, the author presents a _____ to help support the argument that his son is misunderstood.A.humorous toneB.cause and its effectC.comparisonD.descriptionSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS