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1 Which line provides the reason Alexie became a book reader ?

A
I learned to read with a Superman comic book.

B
I cannot remember the plot, nor the means by which I obtained the comic book.

C
My father, who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose, was an avid reader of
westerns, spy thrillers, murder mysteries, gangster epics, basketball player biographies and anything else
he could find.

D
My father loved books, and since I loved my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as

well.

2 The author establishes that reading brought order to his world as a child by
A listing how his father purchased books by the pound and read books of all genres
B comparing a paragraph to a fence and his family to an essay of seven paragraphs
C explaining how he coped with being ill as a child by reading when he missed school
D contrasting the two types of Indian students he taught as a visiting teacher

3 Read this quotation from paragraph 4.

The quotation suggests that the selection explores the theme of the –

A need to overcome obstacles to gain success
B value of independence in learning to read
C brute strength required to change lives
D importance of a child’s vivid imagination

4 Read this quotation from paragraph 5 –
Why does the author refer to himself as a boy and a man in such a way?
A A child who likes school and a man who enjoys work is different from other people.
B He still struggles emotionally with being rejected by his Indian culture for being gifted.
C The author remains bitter toward the white culture for denying him access to school.
D As an adult he longs to go back to his childhood to correct his foolish mistakes.

5 According to the article why would the Native American children purposefully fail in their
school studies?

A To be smart was dangerous because then their community expected more from them.
B If they were successful, then they would be transferred from the reservation.
C They were lazy and wanted to live off government financial aid.
D If they engaged intelligently in with their non-Indian teacher, their peers rejected them.

6 Which details best supports the idea that the Indian children were more intelligent than they
showed themselves to be?

A
We were poor by most standards, but one of my parents usually managed to find some minimum-wage job
or another, which made us middle-class by reservation standards.

B
I fought with my classmates on a daily basis. They wanted me to stay quiet when the non-Indian teacher
asked for answers, for volunteers, for help.

C
They struggled with basic reading in school but could remember how to sing a few dozen powwow songs.
They were monosyllabic in front of their non-Indian teachers but could tell complicated stories and jokes at
the dinner table.

D
Writing was something beyond Indians. I cannot recall a single time that a guest teacher visited the
reservation. There must have been visiting teachers. Who were they?

7 What is Alexie’s purpose in repeating the verb “read” fourteen times in paragraph 7?

A He is trying to persuade high school students to read.
B He is emphasizing how desperate he was to save his life.
C He is showing students how to learn to speak English better.
D He is narrating a funny story about how crazy he was to read so much.

8 Read this quotation from paragraph 7 --

The primary purpose of the text above is to --

A Demonstrate the lack of reading resources available to Alexie on the reservation

B Persuade readers to support the Indian reservations with donations toward their education

C Emphasize Alexie’s longing and love for gaining knowledge through reading

D Illustrate through humor the absurdity of Alexie reading everything he could get his hands on


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