English 9A: Unit 1 Exam

What is the meaning of the Latin root contained in the word convertible?

Convertible contains the Latin root vert, meaning "turn."

Which statements about "Ain't I a Woman?" best explain the connection between women's rights and Jesus being the son of Mary? Select all that apply.

In the Bible, Christ is the son of God and Mary, rather than the son of a man; this fact helps to counter men's arguments. Opponents of women's rights cite Christ as a reason for male superiority; Truth cites Mary as a reason for women's importance.

Read the passage from "Life Among the Piutes." Our boys are introduced to manhood by their hunting of deer and mountain-sheep. Before they are fifteen or sixteen, they hunt only small game, like rabbits, hares, fowls, etc. They never eat what they kill themselves, but only what their father or elder brothers kill. When a boy becomes strong enough to use larger bows made of sinew, and arrows that are ornamented with eagle-feathers, for the first time, he kills game that is large, a deer or an antelope, or a mountain-sheep. Then he brings home the hide, and his father cuts it into a long coil which is wound into a loop, and the boy takes his quiver and throws it on his back as if he was going on a hunt, and takes his bow and arrows in his hand. Then his father throws the loop over him, and he jumps through it. This he does five times. Now for the first time he eats the flesh of the animal he has killed, and from that time he eats whatever he kills but he has always been faithful to his parents' command not to eat what he has killed before. He can now do whatever he likes, for now he is a man, and no longer considered a boy. Which key event happens in this passage?

Piute boys eat the game they kill after they have completed the manhood ceremony.

Read the passage from "Life Among the Piutes." Our children are very carefully taught to be good. Their parents tell them stories, traditions of old times, even of the first mother of the human race; and love stories, stories of giants, and fables; and when they ask if these last stories are true, they answer, "Oh, it is only coyote," which means that they are make-believe stories. Coyote is the name of a mean, crafty little animal, half wolf, half dog, and stands for everything low. It is the greatest term of reproach one Indian has for another. Indians do not swear,—they have no words for swearing till they learn them of white men. The worst they call each is bad or coyote; but they are very sincere with one another, and if they think each other in the wrong they say so. Which key ideas can be found in this passage? Select all that apply.

Piutes do not swear at each other. Piute children learn good behavior from fables.

Read the passage of "Life Among the Piutes." The grandmothers have the special care of the daughters just before and after they come to womanhood. The girls are not allowed to get married until they have come to womanhood; and that period is recognized as a very sacred thing, and is the subject of a festival, and has peculiar customs. The young woman is set apart under the care of two of her friends, somewhat older, and a little wigwam, called a teepee, just big enough for the three, is made for them, to which they retire. She goes through certain labors which are thought to be strengthening, and these last twenty-five days. Every day, three times a day, she must gather, and pile up as high as she can, five stacks of wood. This makes fifteen stacks a day. At the end of every five days the attendants take her to a river to bathe. She fasts from all flesh-meat during these twenty-five days, and continues to do this for five days in every month all her life. At the end of the twenty-five days she returns to the family lodge, and gives all her clothing to her attendants in payment for their care. Sometimes the wardrobe is quite extensive. Which is the best objective summary of this passage?

Several rituals mark the time when a girl reaches womanhood. She stays in a special teepee with two older friends for twenty-five days. She must perform feats of strength. Then she bathes and fasts from meat. Finally, she gives away her clothing to her friends.

In "Life Among the Piutes," how does the author introduce "the Festival of Flowers" event?

She describes the anticipation of the young girls before the festival.

In "Life Among the Piutes," the author presents three key events: the Festival of Flowers, a girl becoming a woman, and marriage. Which option best explains how the author connects these three key events?

She describes them in a chronological order that creates a story about a woman growing up.

In "Ain't I a Woman?" Sojourner Truth communicates the central idea that opponents want to deny women rights because they believe women are not equal to men. How does Truth use details to develop this idea?

She lists examples of men accusing women of being weak, less intellectual, and not Christ-like.

Read the objective summary of a section of "Life Among the Piutes," in which the author describes the Festival of Flowers. During the spring flower festival, young women met with young men to court. Before the festival, girls named for flowers would talk about and gather the plants they were named for. The young women dance for their villages and for the young men. Which important detail should be added to this objective summary?

The girls sing songs about the beauty of their namesake flowers and invite their sweethearts to join.

Which options describe key ideas found in "Ain't I a Woman?"? Select all that apply.

Truth believes that people should have equal rights regardless of their intellect. As a slave, Truth worked and suffered as much as a man.

In "Life Among the Piutes," which details support the central idea that young Piute women are given freedom to choose their husbands? Select all that apply.

When she knows her own mind, she makes a confidant of her grandmother, and then the young man is summoned by the father of the girl, who asks him in her presence, if he really loves his daughter, and reminds him, if he says he does, of all the duties of a husband. He does not speak to either young woman or grandmother, but when the young woman wishes him to go away, she rises and goes and lies down by the side of her mother.

In "Ain't I a Woman?" what is the central idea?

Women have the right and the strength required to be treated as equals in society.

Which detail does not belong in an objective summary of "Ain't I a Woman?"?

XXX WRONG XXX Truth argues that all deserve equal rights, no matter how intelligent they are.

Which is the correct definition of a word root?

a word or a part of a word that forms the base and holds the basic meaning of that word

Prefixes and suffixes added to words to change their base meanings are known as _[blank]_.

affixes

Which option most accurately describes the organizational structure of the chapter from "Life Among the Piutes"?

chronological

If you add the suffix -ity to the adjective extreme, meaning "exceeding usual limits," what part of speech results, and what is the new meaning?

noun, meaning "state that exceeds usual limits"

Which option is a Latin word root meaning "carry"?

port