Question

read the excerpt from
ebuilding the cherokee nation.\
i think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality.
courtesy of the wilma mankiller trust
which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?
○ the most important action the cherokee people must take is to \articulate our own vision of the future. (2)\
○ according to mankiller, the path forward needs to start with people being able to \articulate our own vision. (2)\
○ in mankiller’s view, it’s most important that cherokee people \believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future (2).\
○ mankiller says that the cherokee people must trust themselves enough to \articulate their own visions and work to make sure those visions become a reality.\ (2).

Explanation:

To determine the best integration of a direct quotation, we analyze each option:

• First option: Misrepresents the action (says "action" instead of trusting/thinking/believing, and the quote is incomplete).
• Second option: The quote "articulate our own vision" is incomplete compared to the original excerpt's "articulate our own vision of the future".
• Third option: The quotation includes "believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future" which matches the excerpt, and the citation is correctly placed outside the quotation marks. Also, it accurately reflects Mankiller’s view on the most important issue.
• Fourth option: Changes "our" to "their" in the quote, which is a misrepresentation of the original statement.

Answer:

C. In Mankiller’s view, it’s most important that Cherokee people "believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future (2)."