Text 1.14 Education and Minorities Reading

In South Dakota, between 25 and 30 per cent of Native Americans graduate from high school.

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• FALSE

Janessa Driving Hawk gave birth to her daughter, Nelegih, when she was 15 years-old.

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• FALSE

Many Native American children do not attend school because their parents are struggling with alcoholism and cannot take care of them.

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• FALSE

Joe Garcia and Janessa Driving Hawk have something in common.

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• FALSE

Janessa is grateful to her mother for quitting her job, so that she (Anita) can look after Neleigh, while Janessa goes to school.

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• FALSE

Basic utilities seem to be a problem for Native American children.

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• FALSE

The author of Text 4.1 is confident that the number of Sioux, Indian graduates will increase.

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• FALSE