Would We Be Killed?

You can tell that Ota Kte felt ......... as he rode the train to the Carlisle School.

• excited and happy

• bored and sleepy

• curious and hopeful

• nervous and worried

What is the central idea of the story?

• Ota Kte was taller than the other boys at Carlisle

• At Carlisle, many things about Ota Kte were changed.

• Ota Kte got a haircut.

• Ota Kte wanted a new name

Which fact from the story shows that the Indian Students at Carlisle did not enjoy the environment?

• Some of them tried to run away

• They learned new skills

• the students dressed and acted like white people

• Most of them spoke English

The story says that hundreds of students died at Indian boarding schools. Why?

• They were not given enough to eat

• They were forced to do dangerous jobs

• Their clothing was not warm enough

• They lived in crowded buildings where diseases spread easily

Who started the Carlisle School?

• Henry Aaron

• Captain Richard Henry Pratt

• The US Government

• Ota Kte

To get to Carlisle, Ota Kte had to travel far from home, wondering if he was going to be killed.

• Not true.

• True

At Carlisle, Ota Kte's clothing was replaced with an itchy uniform?

• This is absolutely false.

• Fact.

At some Indian boarding schools, students were beaten for not speaking English.

• The schools would never beat the students because they would be sued.

• This is absolutely true.

Hundred of students died because they lived in crowded buildings where diseases spread easily.

• The United States would never allow this to happen!!

• Fact!!