1. part a: which two of the following best identify the
central idea of this text?
a the u. s. government was justified to treat the
indians harshly because they lost the american
indian wars.
b the us government put the needs of american
settlers and homesteaders oyer the treaty: protected
rights of american indians their land.
c the u. s. government did the most good possible by
taking land from a few indians to give to many
settlers, minimizing violence for both sides.
d the indians who did not resist american
advancement and retreated to reservations were
treated better than those who fought and eventually
surrendered to the u. s. government.
e the seventh cavalry got revenge for the battle of the
little bighorn at the massacre of wounded knee.
f life was difficult for indians on reservations because
they could not practice their ancestral ways of living
nor adapt to new ways without proper resources and

Read the excerpt from act 1 of a doll's house. helmer: nora! [goes up to her and takes her playfully by the ear.] the same little featherhead! suppose, now, that i borrowed fifty pounds today, and you spent it all in the christmas week, and then on new year's eve a slate fell on my head and killed me, and— nora: [putting her hands over his mouth]. oh! don't say such horrid things. helmer: still, suppose that happened, —what then? nora: if that were to happen, i don't suppose i should care whether i owed money or not. helmer: yes, but what about the people who had lent it? nora: they? who would bother about them? i should not know who they were. helmer: that is like a woman! but seriously, nora, you know what i think about that. no debt, no borrowing. there can be no freedom or beauty about a home life that depends on borrowing and debt. we two have kept bravely on the straight road so far, and we will go on the same way for the short time longer that there need be any struggle. nora: [moving towards the stove]. as you , torvald. how does the interaction between helmer and nora advance the plot? nora realizes that helmer will completely disapprove of her having borrowed money, so she has to continue to keep it a secret from him. nora realizes that she and helmer have the same ideas about financial issues, and the conversation brings them closer together later in the play. helmer realizes that nora is more responsible with money than he originally thought, and he trusts her more with finances later in the play. nora realizes that helmer knows a lot more about borrowing and lending, and she will seek his input later when she needs it.