Superman and Me Quiz

What is Alexie's attitude towards the "sullen and already defeated Indian kids" at the end of the essay?

• ambivalence
• disgust
• rage
• empathy

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

According to the information in the essay, why does Alexie feel compelled to visit schools?
I. to stress the importance of reading
II. to be a model to young Indians of a profession they might not be aware of.
III. to help himself

• I only
• II only
• I and II only
• I, II and III

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

The overall tone of this passage is 

• angry and morose
• passionate and hopeful
• nostalgic and cheerful
• emotional yet analytic

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

All of the following characterize Alexie's process of learning to read EXCEPT

• His father taught him by example.
• He started with comics and worked up to novels.
• He created analogies between books and the real world.
• He was inspired by other Indian writers. 

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CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.W.11-12.9

Alexie's attitude toward his father can be best described as 

• unalloyed adulation
• mild resentment
• nostalgic admiration
• sad confusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

How did people generally react to Alexie's reading habit when he was growing up?

• People thought he was arrogant and cocky.
• People thought he was exceptional and brilliant.
• People thought he was lazy and inactive.
• People thought he was odd and dangerous.

What is ironic about how smart Indians were treated by other Indians?

• Instead of being celebrated for their intelligence, they were disliked.
• Instead of utilizing them to absorb their intelligence, other Indians left them alone.
• Instead of wanting to stay the same, other "normal" Indians wanted to become as smart as their counterparts. 

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CCSS.L.11-12.5

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

The author describes Indian children as “submissively ducked their heads when confronted by a non-­Indian adult but would slug it out with the Indian bully who was 10 years older”

• as an example of how Indian children struggle to interact in the non-­Indian world
•  an example of the inefficacy of the reservation school system
• to describe his past in the third person
• to demonstrate the violence of the society

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

In what way does Alexie link Superman and reading in order to describe the theme of the passage?

• By providing more books about Superman, children will be more willing to learn how to read
• English teachers as strong as Superman are needed in order to destroy the education inequality in the reservation system
• Children should not read about Superman as it makes them too idealistic
• Both Superman and reading have the ability to save the lives of people even in the most desperate of situations 

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CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

When Alexie visits Native American classrooms now, he finds that most children are still not interested in learning about writing. 

• True
• False