Two Worlds of Ishi

Where is Ishi originally housed?

• a jail
• a church
• a hospital
• a museum

Where did Ishi wear strips of deer leather?

• in his hair
• around his neck
• in his earlobes
• through his nose

Who was Batwi 

• Ishi's dog
• an anthropologist
• an old Yana Indian
• Ishi's best friend

Which word best completes the following sentence? She singed her fingers in the _______.

• fire
• ice
• bottle
• mitten

A biography of _______ would have contained many parallels to Ishi's biography.

• Professor Waterman
• Robert Fri
• Conway
• the woman from San Nicolas Island

Ishi was sent to live at the San Francisco museum because experts wanted to ...

• protect and study him
• soothe and entertain him
• change and reform him
• reward and apologize to him

When members of the public flocked to the jail to look at Ishi, they showed

• a sincere desire to help Ishi
• a lack of curiosity about Ishi
• an outpouring of concern for Ishi
• little consideration for Ishi's feelings

This story suggests that Native Americans had

• less interest in language than white Americans
• a different lifestyle than white Americans
• a different definition of family than white Americans
• less physical stamina than white Americans

Waterman and Kroeber's ultimate objective was to

• gain Ishi's trust
• change Ishi's values
• study Ishi's languge
• make friends with Ishi

When the anthropologists finally made friends with Ishi they both felt 

• solemn
• jubilant
• incensed
• fearless