Directions: Read the excerpt and answer the questions that follow.
Main Idea
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1. The main idea of the second paragraph is that:
A. God made the native people of the area around Hispaniola varied and as open and as innocent as can be imagined.
B. the natives were not only open and innocent, but poor.
C. the natives made good servants.
D. the natives had many qualities that made them excellent candidates for conversion to Catholicism.
2. The purpose of the third paragraph is to:
A. Explain the numbers of natives that lived on each island.
B. Persuade the reader that the way the Spaniards treated the natives was cruel through evocative imagery.
C. Describe the pattern, step by step, the Spaniards used to wipe out the natives.
D. Evaluate the effectiveness of the Spaniards’ conquering of the natives.
3. If the fifth paragraph were to be deleted, readers would lose which of the following:
A. numbers related to decline of the native population after the Spaniards’ arrival.
B. the author’s description of the Spaniards’ daily interactions with the natives.
C. imagery of the Spanish conquerors’ cruelty.
D. evidence that most of the natives were murdered.
4. The last paragraph implies that:
A. the natives were unintelligent for believing that the Spaniards were gods.
B. the natives were unable to fight the Spaniards because they believed in peace.
C. the Spaniards realize their own cruelty, since they acknowledge the natives were gentle, but do nothing to change their actions.
D. the Spaniards’ only motive in conquering the natives was gaining Catholic converts.
5. The main idea of the passage as a whole is that:
A. the Spanish conquest of the islands mentioned is a tragedy to this day.
B. the native and Spanish relations were tense when the Spanish first arrived.
C. almost fifty years after Columbus’s arrival, the effects of Spanish rule were seen and felt by Bartolme de las Casas.
D. the natives of the Bahamas suffered immensely at the hands of the Spaniards.
Meaning of Words
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6. As it is used in paragraph two the word "rancor" most nearly means:
A. hostility
B. depression
C. sadness
D. tediousness
7. As it is used in paragraph four the word “expatriation” most nearly means:
A. boating
B. disease-spreading
C. removal
D. killing
8. As it is used in paragraph four the word “trawl” most nearly means:
A. generals
B. search
C. capture
D. boat
9. As it is used in paragraph five the word “unwarranted” most nearly means:
A. unexpected
B. unknown
C. unimportant
D. unnecessary
10. As it is used in paragraph six the word “amass” most nearly means:
A. steal
B. request
C. collect
D. seek