Lab Activity 4: The Reading Process: After Reading

Chapter 1: A Reading System for Effective Readers
Lab Activity 4: The Reading Process: After Reading

Objective
To read, review, and react to an essay.

Step 2: Finish reading the selection from a college history textbook, and then answer the following questions.

Shortly afterward, English and French officials prevailed on the Mohawks to allow Eunice to speak with a trader sent by her father. By then, she had forgotten English, so the trader was obliged to speak to her through an interpreter. He pleaded for her to return home. She sat in stony silence. Finally, she uttered two Mohawk words: "Jaghte Oghte"—"maybe not." She would remain with her people: the Mohawks.

Decades later, she agreed to visit her English brothers. The women of Deerfield gave her a dress and invited her to stay in their homes, but she wrapped herself in an Indian blanket and slept in an orchard with her husband. She returned to Canada and died there in 1785, where she was known by the name, Gannenstenhawi, "she who brings in corn."

—Carnes and Garraty, The American Nation, 11th ed., pp.92–93

1. The topic of this selection is

a. the Mohawk tribe.

b. three dangers of colonial life.

c. slavery in the northern colonies.

d. Eunice Williams/Gannenstenhawi.

2. "The sound of glass shattering and wood splintering woke seven-year-old Eunice Williams. Indians were ransacking the house. Her father shouted for help. Then footsteps pounded up the stairs and strangers rushed into her room. Strong hands yanked her out of bed and pushed her toward the stairs and down. John, only six, clung to her. The barn was ablaze. Her father, arms tied, was in his nightshirt. Indians taunted him with strange words and waved their hatchets before his face. After a time several grabbed John and the baby and took them outside; another Indian followed with a club. Eunice's mother screamed but they held her back. After a few moments the Indians came back in and seized Parthena, a slave. They dragged her outside and her screams stopped."

The italicized words indicate what kind of paragraph pattern?

a. listing

b. time order

c. comparison

d. contrast

3. "After a few moments the Indians came back in and seized Parthena, a slave. They dragged her outside and her screams stopped."

After reading this, you infer that Parthena was

a. killed.

b. able to escape.

c. part of the plot.

d. the creator of the kidnapping plot.

4. "Throughout the day the captives scrambled onward. When Eunice stumbled and fell, exhausted, an Indian carried her on his shoulders mile after mile. At night he covered her with a blanket."

After reading this, you infer that the Indian

a. planned to kill her.

b. planned to help her escape.

c. liked her and felt compassion for her.

d. intended to lose her in the woods later.

5. "Sunrise brought the same frantic rush to the north. Eunice's mother, weakened from the new baby, fell behind. Her father tried to help her but could not. He paused with her to pray, but the Indians pushed him forward. Eunice never saw her mother again."

After reading this, you infer that Eunice's mother

a. died.

b. was later rescued by another Indian tribe.

c. was released and able to return to her town.

d. became an Indian but was later unrecognizable.

6. Consider the multiple meanings of the word redeemed. Using the word to describe the ransom for a minister is an example of what?

a. persuasive purpose

b. entertaining purpose

c. verbal irony

d. relieved tone

7. Which timeline best indicates details of Eunice Williams's life?

a.

b.

c.

d.

8. How old was Eunice when she married?

a. twelve

b. sixteen

c. eighteen

d. twenty

9. What is the best summary of the selection?

a. Reverend Williams is kidnapped in the middle of the night by Mohawks who kill or kidnap his family, but eventually he is reunited with his remaining loved ones and creates a happy home.

b. The Deerfield colonists terrorized the local Indians who subsequently retaliated and killed or kidnapped the Williams family as well as other people of the town.

c. After kidnapping Eunice Williams and her family, the Mohawks released the father so that they could negotiate for a large ransom.

d. When she was 7, Eunice Williams was kidnapped and adopted by Mohawks; after nine years among the Mohawks, she married and, when given the chance to return to her first home, she refused. She died in Canada with her tribe.

10. Write a description of the scene from the eyes of the Indian who took care of Eunice on the trip north.

To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.