The Iron Routine

 Which best describes Zitkala-Sa’s point of view towards the paleface woman who takes attendance each day? (RI.6.6)

• She thinks the woman is warm and friendly.

• She thinks the woman is stiff and unfeeling.

• She thinks the woman is mean and ugly.

• She thinks the woman is a good caretaker.

Which piece of evidence from the text best helps to convey Zitkala-Sa's point of view towards the paleface woman who takes attendance each day? (RI.6.1; RI6.6)

• "Her small, tired face was coldly lighted..."

• "I grew bitter, and censured the woman for cruel negelect..."

• "She stood still in a halo of authority..."

• "At her deathbed I stood weeping..."

Which best describes Zitkala Sa's point of view towards her daily routine at school?

• She feels trapped. The school is machine-like with no regard to the feelings of the students.

• She feels uninhibited. The school is an exciting, happy place that reminds her of her reservation.

• She feels alone. Each day at school is noisy and cold like a large machine.

• She feels included. The school allows her the the freedom to express her unique identity.

Which phrase from the text best helps to convey Zitkala Sa's point of view towards her daily routine at school?

• "From happy dreams of Western rolling lands and unlassoed freedom we tumbled out upon chilly bare floors back again into a paleface day."

• "Within a week I was again actively testing the chains which tightly bound my individuality..."

• "It was next to impossible to leave the iron routine after the civilizing machine had once begun its days buzzing..."

• "The melancholy of those black days has left so long a shadow..."

Which set of words used by Zitkala-Sa have connotations that best convey her point of view?

• Unlassoed, dumb, rolling, melancholy, colored

• chilly, icy, loud-clamoring, iron, heavy-footed

• pried, consumption, happy, winter, Indian

• drowsy, nervously, black-marked, disconnectedly, swollen

" I have many times trudged in the day's harness heavy-footed like a dumb, sick brute."

How do the connotations of the bolded phrases in the sentence above help to convey Zitkala-Sa's point of view towards Indian Boarding school?

• It shows that she is determine to let go of her Native American identity to become civilized.

• It shows that she feels like a captured animal and it was difficult for her to endure each day.

• It shows that the school has made her sick and she is bored each day.

• It shows the cruetly of the school making her wear an animal's leash each day.

What type of figurative language is used by Zitkala-Sa in the bolded excerpt:

"...heavy footed, like a dumb, sick brute."

• personification

• metaphor

• simile

• onomatopoeia

Which best describes a central idea of this text?

• The Native American students at the boarding school feel stuck in the rigid routine of the school that treats them more like animals, than people with feelings and beliefs of their own.

• Zitkala-Sa's classmate dies after being mistreated and abused by the staff at the Indian Boarding school, prompting her to rebel against the iron system.

• Zitkala-Sa and the other students must show up for roll call each day, or they will get punished by the paleface woman.

• Zitkala-Sa is forced to change her religion to Christianity after she goes to the boarding school.