Step 2: Read the following portion of the response by Chief Seattle to President Pierce's offer to buy 2 million acres of what is now the state of Washington for $150,000. Then answer the questions that follow it.

Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. Today is fair. Tomorrow may be overcast with clouds. My words are like the stars that never change. Whatever Chief Seattle says the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons. The White Chief says that Big Chief at Washington sends us greetings of friendship and goodwill. That is kind of him for we know he has little need of our friendship in return. His people are many. They are like the grass that covers vast prairies. My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain. The great, and—I presume—good White Chief sends us word that he wishes to buy our lands but is willing to allow us enough to live comfortably. This indeed appears just, even generous, for the Red Man no longer has rights that he need respect, and the offer may be wise also, as we are no longer in need of an extensive country. . . . I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach our paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

		6. The topic of Chief Seattle's speech is     a. how to preserve the eagle   b. the chief's observations regarding his tribe's dwindling population and the president's offer to purchase its land.   c. the birth of the West as an exciting frontier and a land of opportunity   d. the chief's promise to retaliate
		7. The central idea of Chief Seattle's speech is that    a. he is saddened by the changes he has witnessed, but he hopes the president's word is as good as his own   b. the streams and rivers are more important to the Indians than they are to white people   c. Indians remember their dead, but white people forget the land of their birth   d. when the white people take over, there will be no quiet place
		8. The purpose of the speech is to    a. entertain the listener with beautiful images of nature   b. persuade the president to offer more money for the land   c. inform others of Chief Seattle's concerns about the future of his people and their land   d. entertain readers with his hopes for the future of the land
		9. Chief Seattle's tone in the speech is one of     a. caution and sadness for the future of the land and his people   b. fear of the president of the United States   c. optimism for the future of the land   d. arrogance for other Indians
		10. What is the tone of the following words: "I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach our paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame"?    a. approving   b. impartial   c. sad   d. warm