Native Memory- English Reading Comprehension Passage B

As used in line 7, the word “native” most nearly means

• dull

• simple

• unusual

• familiar

Lines 16 through 22 convey the narrator’s perception of the visitors’

• ignorance

• anger

• respect

• curiosity

The structure of lines 39 through 59 best serves to highlight the

• pessimism of the Cherokee people in times of stress

• powerlessness of the Cherokee people with outside influence

• resilience of the Cherokee culture regardless of their relocation

• ) adaptation of the Cherokee traditions because of change

The phrase “You are here” (lines 16, 60, and 71)

emphasizes the narrator’s

• amazement at the beauty of the landscape

• awareness of an attachment to this place

• persistent feeling of being alone

• increasing sense of being lost