Two Roads Mid-Unit Assessment

Directions: After reading “The Cutting of My Long Hair” by Zitkala-Sa, to answer the following questions. Open a tab with the text so you can look back and reread to find the answers in the text.

Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the other girls she encountered on her first day? (RI.6.6)

• They were friendly and playful.

• They were dressed inappropriately.

• They were dressed very similar to her.

• They were judgmental and afraid.

Which piece of evidence from the text best helps to convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

• “These were Indian girls . . .”

• “. . . I felt like sinking into the floor. . .”

• “I looked hard at the Indian girls . . .”

• “. . . who seemed not to care . . .”

Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the adults at the school? (RI.6.6)

• They were controlling and often cruel toward the children.

• They were warm and cared about the children.

• They were friendly and playful toward the children.

• They were firm and emotionally attached to the children.

Which one of the following phrases from the text help convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

• “bell was tapped” (paragraph 3)

• “keenly watched” (paragraph 3)

• “dragged out” (paragraph 8)

• “reasoned quietly” (paragraph 9)

Pick another one of the following phrases from the text that helped convey the point of view from Part A? (RI.6.1, RI.6.6)

Go back and to the paragraphs and reread these quotes.

• “reasoned quietly” (paragraph 9)

• “comfort me” (paragraph 9)

• “bell was tapped” (paragraph 3)

• “tied fast” (paragraph 8)

From paragraph 1 and read where Zitkala-Sa describes her first day at the Indian school.

"The first day in the land of apples was a bitter-cold one; for the snow still covered the ground, and the trees were bare. A large bell rang for breakfast, its loud metallic voice crashing through the belfry overhead and into our sensitive ears. The annoying clatter of shoes on bare floors gave us no peace. The constant clash of harsh noises, with an undercurrent of many voices murmuring an unknown tongue, made a bedlam within which I was securely tied."

Describe Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward what she experienced in the first paragraph. (RI.6.6) Type it below.

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Which ten words used by Zitkala-Sa in paragraph 1 have connotations that best convey that point of view?

Paragraph1: The first day in the land of apples was a bitter-cold one; for the snow still covered the ground, and the trees were bare. A large bell rang for breakfast, its loud metallic voice crashing through the belfry overhead and into our sensitive ears. The annoying clatter of shoes on bare floors gave us no peace. The constant clash of harsh noises, with an undercurrent of many voices murmuring an unknown tongue, made a bedlam within which I was securely tied. And though my spirit tore itself in struggling for its lost freedom, all was useless.

Type the words below.

(RI.6.1, RI.6.4, L.6.5c)

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“I felt the cold blades of the scissors against my neck, and heard them gnaw off one of my thick braids.” (paragraph 9)

How do the connotations of the bolded phrases in the sentence above help to convey Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward losing her hair? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5c)

• They imply that the adults at the school chewed off her braids.

• They imply that the room in the school was frigid and uncomfortable.

• They imply that the cutting of her hair was violent and savage.

• They imply that the adults gave her a new hairstyle to help her fit in.

“Not a soul reasoned quietly with me, as my own mother used to do; for now I was only one of many little animals driven by a herder” (paragraph 9).

What type of figurative language is used by Zitkala-Sa in the bolded excerpt above? (RI.6.4, L.6.5a)

• hyperbole

• metaphor

• imagery

How does the bolded figurative language in the last question help to convey Zitkala-Sa’s point of view toward the reality of her life at school? (RI.6.4, RI.6.6, L.6.5a)

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