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WorksheetsTwo Worlds of Ishi
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 30mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is Ishi originally housed?
a)
a jail
b)
a church
c)
a hospital
d)
a museum
2.
Where did Ishi wear strips of deer leather?
a)
in his hair
b)
around his neck
c)
in his earlobes
d)
through his nose
3.
Who was Batwi
a)
Ishi's dog
b)
an anthropologist
c)
an old Yana Indian
d)
Ishi's best friend
4.
Which word best completes the following sentence? She singed her fingers in the _______.
a)
fire
b)
ice
c)
bottle
d)
mitten
5.
A biography of _______ would have contained many parallels to Ishi's biography.
a)
Professor Waterman
b)
Robert Fri
c)
Conway
d)
the woman from San Nicolas Island
6.
Ishi was sent to live at the San Francisco museum because experts wanted to ...
a)
protect and study him
b)
soothe and entertain him
c)
change and reform him
d)
reward and apologize to him
7.
When members of the public flocked to the jail to look at Ishi, they showed
a)
a sincere desire to help Ishi
b)
a lack of curiosity about Ishi
c)
an outpouring of concern for Ishi
d)
little consideration for Ishi's feelings
8.
This story suggests that Native Americans had
a)
less interest in language than white Americans
b)
a different lifestyle than white Americans
c)
a different definition of family than white Americans
d)
less physical stamina than white Americans
9.
Waterman and Kroeber's ultimate objective was to
a)
gain Ishi's trust
b)
change Ishi's values
c)
study Ishi's languge
d)
make friends with Ishi
10.
When the anthropologists finally made friends with Ishi they both felt
a)
solemn
b)
jubilant
c)
incensed
d)
fearless
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