Words Do Not Pay - Assessment

1.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In "Words Do Not Pay," what is the main problem that Chief Joseph has with the "good words" that he has heard?

They are spoken in an unfamiliar language.

They are good only for white Americans.

They do not recognize property rights.

They are not backed up by deeds.

2.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In "Words Do Not Pay," what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate that white Americans must do in order to live in peace with Native Americans?

build Native American schools

treat Native Americans as equals

adopt Native American traditions

return Native Americans to their homelands

3.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

In "Words Do Not Pay," what does Chief Joseph most clearly indicate about the human condition at birth?

All human beings are born to be free.

All human beings are born to be faithful.

All human beings are born to suffer harm.

All human beings are born to want greatness.

4.

Multiple Select

1 min

1 pt

According to "Words Do Not Pay," which of the following should a free person be able to enjoy? Choose three options.

freedom to trade

freedom of religion

freedom of the press

freedom from the law

freedom of employment

5.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following situations most clearly illustrates a misunderstanding?

Emily tells a joke that everyone finds amusing, and only a few people laugh.

Kara and Maribel pick up trash along the shoreline together.

Rain is in the forecast for the weekend, so Denzel packs an umbrella and raincoat for his trip.

Nick is supposed to meet Shauna at the library, but he goes to the north branch, and she goes to the south branch.

6.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following is a misrepresentation about an event?

joking about what might happen at the event

saying who is on the guest list for the event

leading people to believe there will be music at the event when you know there won't be

naming friends whom you are not looking forward to seeing at the event

7.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which persuasive technique does this sentence from "Words Do Not Pay" most clearly illustrate?

Good words will not give me back my children.

repetition

appeal to reason

appeal to emotion

appeal to authority

8.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of these sentences from "Words Do Not Pay" most clearly uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to authority?

[Words] do not pay for my country, now overrun by white men.

Good words will not make good the promise of your war chief General Miles.

Give them [white Americans and Native Americans] all the same law.

All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief.

9.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of these quotations from "Words Do Not Pay" most clearly uses the persuasive technique of an appeal to reason?

I do not understand why nothing is done for my people. I have heard talk and talk, but nothing is done.

I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises.

Too many misrepresentations have been made, too many misunderstandings have come up between the white men about the Indians.

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law.

10.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which word best describes Chief Joseph's tone in these sentences from "Words Do Not Pay"?

I do not understand why nothing is done for my people. I have heard talk and talk, but

nothing is done. Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

patient

cheerful

hopeless

exasperated

11.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Read the follow excerpt from “Words Do Not Pay.”

Let me be a free man—free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself ….

In which of the following does the underlined word or words have a denotation and a connotation closest to the denotation and the connotation of free?

I am available to meet for lunch on Friday.

You can refill your drink at the restaurant for no charge.

A prisoner is allowed to leave jail after serving his sentence.

Many liberated slaves migrated to the North when the Civil War ended.

12.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is one meaning of the prefix mis-?

wrongly

without

together

frequently

13.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

If a person misquotes Chief Joseph, which of the following is true?

The person uses Chief Joseph's words without giving him credit.

The person repeats Chief Joseph's words too many times.

The person states Chief Joseph's words incorrectly.

The person dislikes saying Chief Joseph's words.

14.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Read this sentence.

Chief Joseph wanted less talk and more taking of action.

Which of the following revisions best shows the use of parallelism?

Chief Joseph wanted there to be less talk and more taking of action.

Chief Joseph wanted to have less talk and more taking of action.

Chief Joseph wanted people to talk less and more action.

Chief Joseph wanted less talk and more action.

15.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

Which of the following sentences best illustrates the use of parallelism?

Chief Joseph seemed to believe in a government made up of people in which things were done by the people for the benefit of the people.

Chief Joseph seemed to believe in a government made up of the people, performed by the people, and with the people benefitting.

Chief Joseph seemed to believe in a government of the people, by the people, and to benefit people.

Chief Joseph seemed to believe in a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

16.

Multiple Choice

1 min

1 pt

What is the best way to create parallelism in the following sentence?

Chief Joseph felt that freedom meant thinking for himself, speaking for himself, and the ability to do things for himself.

Change "meant" to "was the ability of."

Change "thinking" to "to think" and "speaking to" to "speak."

Change "speaking" to "the ability to speak."

Change "the ability to do" to "doing."

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