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1.It can be inferred from paragraph 1 that,, while she was alive, Ella Deloria

• did little to make use of her education in linguistics

• achieved acclaim more for her transcriptions than for her novel

• was the published author of a number of types of fiction and nonfiction

• was recognized for the literary maturity of her novel

2 Ella Cara Deloria was born into a Nakota3-speaking family in 1889; however, she grew up among the Lakota people in North Dakota, where her father was a leader in the Episcopal Church. Her father, the son of a traditional Nakota medicine man, valued both the cultural traditions of his family and those of the country of his citizenship. As a result, Deloria primarily spoke Nakota at home and Lakota when she was out in the community.

2.Why does the author use the word “however” in paragraph 2?

• to emphasize that she was born in an earlier century

• to clarify the differences between the Lakota and the Dakota

• to show that she was raised in a different environment from the one where she was born

• to demonstrate that she was very different from other members of her family

3. Why does the author include in paragraph 2 the information “with a complex kinship structure in which all of a child’s father’s brothers are also considered fathers, all of a child’s mother’s sisters are also considered mothers, and all of the children of all these mothers and fathers are considered siblings”?

• to provide details to emphasize how the Nakota and the Lakota differed

• to introduce the idea that Deloria’s education in English was completely different from her home life

• to provide an alternate explanation for Deloria’s use of Nakota at home and Lakota in the community

• to provide an example of one cultural tradition of the Sioux

4.Why does the author begin paragraph 3 with “After graduating from Columbia”?

• to indicate that paragraph 3 follows paragraph 2 in chronological order

• to clarify that paragraph 3 describes Deloria’s education at Columbia

• to recognize the importance of education throughout Deloria’s life

• to demonstrate that paragraph 3 provides examples of a concept presented in paragraph 2

5.It is implied in paragraph 3 that Dakota Texts was written

• only in English

• only in Dakota

• in Dakota and Lakota

• in Lakota and English

6.Why does the author mention “an awareness of appropriately respectful behavior” in paragraph 3?

• to show one way that Deloria was qualified to elicit stories from Sioux elders

• to show that Deloria’s linguistic training had been effective

• to show the difference between Deloria’s transcriptions and her novel

• to show why Deloria needed to work with a translator

7.It can be inferred from paragraph 4 that “Iron Hawk: Oglala Culture Hero” was published

• in the same year that it was written

• just prior to Deloria’s death

• long after it was transcribed

• long before Waterlily was published

8.Why does the author discuss “The Prairie Dogs” in paragraph 4?

• It was written by Deloria.

• It describes Deloria’s own life story.

• It provides insight into rituals and dances.

• It was one of the earliest short stories that Deloria transcribed.

9.It can be inferred from the passage that Waterlily was completed

• in 1937

• in 1948

• in 1954

• in 1988

10.Why does the author mention “the untimely death of her husband in a smallpox epidemic” in paragraph 5?

• It provides a harsh example of Waterlily’s difficult life.

• It provides evidence of the historical existence of Waterlily.

• It demonstrates how unusual Waterlily’s life in a nineteenth-century Sioux community was.

• It reinforces the overall message of hopelessness of Waterlily