Read the selection. Then, answer the questions.

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1.That there was much uniformity in basket-weaving, in the processes and range of products and uses throughout the country is apparent from statements made by numerous writers. Speaking of the Louisiana Indians, Du Pratz says:

2.The women likewise make a kind of hampers to carry corn, flesh, fish, or any other thing which they want to transport from one place to another; they are round, deeper than broad, and of all sizes. They make baskets with long lids that roll doubly over them, and in these they place their earrings and pendants, their bracelets, garters, their ribbands for their hair, and their vermillion for painting themselves, if they have any, but when they have no vermillion they boil ochre, and paint themselves with that.

—Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States by W.H. Holmes (1890)

7) Choose the correct answer.

Which structure is the author using here?

citing another writer

cause and effect

first person point of view, “I”

dialogue

8) Choose the correct answer.

Which is the main structure in paragraph 2?

description

pros and cons

storytelling

time order

9) Select TWO that apply.

The women .

must have been strong

were irresponsible

worked in fields

cared about their appearance

10) Choose the correct answer.

Which idea can you conclude mainly from the first sentence?

Indians worked in factories.

Over time, the tribes had learned from each other.

Each tribe had developed its own process of making baskets .

The same plant grew everywhere.

11) Choose the correct answer.

Which are the two uses of these large hampers?

defense and protection from animals and enemies

water and food

transporting infants or children

food and beauty items

The text shows no pros and cons, storytelling, nor time order, but does talk about the sizes, shapes and uses of the hampers. The text partially serves to provide the reader with a description of the baskets.

9) Must have been strong, cared about their appearance

The text shows that the women carried many things in the baskets and the baskets acted as transport to carry. The ending of the text also says that the women carried many things like hair accessories, makeup and jewelry, revealing that they cared about their appearance.

10) Over time, the tribes had learned from each other

The text states that there was uniformity in basket-weaving and that there was a "range of products and uses throughout the country". This could imply that, since the women traveled with these baskets, tribes from across the country learned from each other and even made their own uses.

11) Food and beauty items

The second paragraph lists two main types of items carried in these baskets: beauty products and food such as corn, flesh, and fish.

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