Question

the social studies posttest should give you a good idea of how well you have learned the skills you have studied in this section. when you complete the test, check your answers with page 866.
directions: study each passage or illustration, then answer the questions that follow.
questions 1 and 2 are based on the following speech by sojourner truth.
that man over there says that a woman needs to be helped into carriages and lifted over ditches. nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-puddles, or gives me any best place. and ant i a woman?
look at my arm! i have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me! and ant i a woman?
i would work as much and eat as much as a man, when i could get it, and bear the lash as well. and ant i a woman?
i have borne thirteen children and seen em most all sold off to slavery, and when i cried out with my mothers grief, none but jesus heard me! and ant i a woman?

1. who is sojourner truth?

(1) a modern politician running for office
(2) a black woman who was a slave
(3) a wealthy, nineteenth-century southern woman
(4) an early settler in new england
(5) a twentieth-century feminist

1. when the speaker in this passage says, \look at my arm! i have ploughed, and planted, and gathered into barns, and no man could head me!\ she means that

(1) she could work as hard as any man
(2) she was forced to do work that women shouldnt have to do
(3) she loved planting and harvest time
(4) she appreciates the help that men have given her
(5) a real woman must do hard physical labor
questions 3 and 4 are based on the following passage.
how many languages do you speak? actually, whenever you speak you use a particular form of language called a dialect, and your dialect probably changes to suit your listeners. a dialect consists of a special vocabulary, unique pronunciations, and certain habitual ways of organizing words in sentences.
no two people speak in exactly the same way, but any group of individuals that spends time together or shares interests will develop unique speech patterns that eventually become a dialect. for instance, residents of the same geographic area will share an accent and vocabulary. similarly, people with the same occupation, like astronauts and doctors, usual develop their own special jargon.

1. what do people who speak the same dialect have in common?

(1) their voices are almost identical.
(2) they were born in the same generation.
(3) they put sentences together in si patterns.
(4) they share the same opinions an beliefs.
(5) it is difficult for outsiders to und them.

1. which of the following groups of p would most likely speak the same

(1) people with red hair
(2) people who grew up and surf huntington beach
(3) people who write a lot of let
(4) people who hate their jobs
(5) people who eat primo brand sauce

Explanation:

1. For question 1: Sojourner Truth was an enslaved Black woman who gained freedom and advocated for abolition and women's rights; her speech references experiences of slavery and hard labor matching this identity.
2. For question 2: The quote emphasizes she performed the same heavy labor as men and outmatched them, so it means she worked as hard as any man.
3. For question 3: The passage states a dialect includes "certain habitual ways of organizing words in sentences", so shared sentence structure is a common trait.
4. For question 4: The passage notes people in the same geographic area share a dialect; growing up in the same beach area fits this.

Answer:

1. (2) a black woman who was a slave
2. (1) she could work as hard as any man
3. (3) They put sentences together in similar patterns.
4. (2) people who grew up and surfed Huntington Beach