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American Identity Unit Part 1: Summative Exam!

Your Challenge: Analyze the short story, Adventures of an American Indian Princess by Patricia Riley to determine the characters perspectives and the theme. Explain your thinking in writing. Directions! Answer each question with a fully-developed paragraph. Refer to your copy of the text and your theme graphic organizer. Write your answers on a separate sheet of looseleaf paper. When answering each question, be sure to:! Begin your paragraph with a claim that directly answers the question! Quote at least two pieces of evidence from the text (e.g., In the text, it says)! Interpret your evidence (e.g., This means or This shows that)! Provide clear reasoning: explain how each piece of the evidence youve included supports your claim!

! 1. What is the Rapier familys perspective on what it means to be an American Indian? ! ! 2. What is Arlettas perspective on what it means to be an American Indian?! ! !

3. How did the difference between Arlettas perspective and the Rapiers perspective create conict in the story? Describe two specic conicts in this story, and explain how these conicts developed because of the difference between Arlettas perspective and the Rapiers perspective.! 4. Based on your analysis of the conicts in this story, write a theme statement that captures the message, truth, or understanding that this story communicates about identity.