American Roots: From Native Traditions to the American Revolution — Test
Question 3 • Language Arts 11
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.” The other thing that I saw which is, I think, one of the single most important things that we continue to have as native people, and that’s a sense of interdependence. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to travel extensively in this country and abroad, and I can tell you that even though our people are very fragmented today, we still, in the more traditional communities still have a sense of interdependence. I can still motivate people in communities to do something because it helps their neighbor, or helps the person down the road, or helps the community much more than I can motivate people to do something just because it helps themselves. Which sentence provides the best introduction to the quotation?
Answer
A
Cherokee people are motivated by the desire to help others, Mankiller states, which makes them productive members of the community.
B
Mankiller states her favorite part of being part of the Cherokee tribe is that the people treat each other with respect and kindness.
C
While many Cherokee communities are fragmented, Mankiller still believes that her people’s strength lies in their sense of interdependence.
D
Mankiller explains that she’s been so successful in her community-building efforts because people will do something because it helps their neighbor.
Explanation
The quotation contrasts the fragmentation of Cherokee communities with the interdependence that remains a strength, especially in traditional communities. Choice D introduces both of those central ideas: although communities are fragmented, Mankiller sees interdependence as a source of strength. Choice C mentions helping neighbors, but that is an example of interdependence rather than the main point of the quotation.
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