Question

the land of red apples by zitkála-šá (excerpt) (1) there were eight in our party of bronzed children who were going east with the missionaries. among us were three young braves, two tall girls, and we three little ones, judéwin, thowin, and i. (2) we had been very impatient to start on our journey to the red apple country, which, we were told, lay a little beyond the great circular horizon of the western prairie. under a sky of rosy apples we dreamt of roaming as freely and happily as we had chased the cloud shadows on the dakota plains. we had anticipated much pleasure from a ride on the iron horse, but the throngs of staring palefaces disturbed and troubled us. (3) on the train, fair women, with tottering babies on each arm, stopped their haste and scrutinized the children of absent mothers. large men, with heavy bundles in their hands, halted near by, and riveted their glassy blue eyes upon us. (4) i sank deep into the corner of my seat, for i resented being watched. directly in front of me, children who were no larger than i hung themselves upon the backs of their seats, with their bold white faces toward me. sometimes they took their forefingers out of their mouths and pointed at my moccasined feet. their mothers, instead of reproving such rude curiosity, looked closely at me, and attracted their childrens further notice to my blanket. this embarrassed me, and kept me constantly on the select the correct answer. which detail from paragraph 5 best shows that zitkála-šá thinks the telegraph poles are actually trees? a. \often i had stopped, on my way down the road, to hold my ear against the pole, and, hearing its low moaning, i used to wonder what the paleface had done to hurt it.\ b. \it was the telegraph pole which strode by at short paces.\ c. \very near my mothers dwelling, along the edge of a road thickly bordered with wild sunflowers, some poles like these had been planted by white men.\ d.
ow i sat watching for each pole that glided by to be the last one.\

Explanation:

To determine which detail shows Zitkála-Šá thinks telegraph poles are trees, we analyze each option:

• Option A: She holds her ear to the pole and wonders what the “paleface” did to hurt “it”. Using “it” and thinking it was hurt like a living thing (tree) shows she perceives the pole as a tree.
• Option B: “Strode by” is personification but doesn’t imply it’s a tree.
• Option C: Just states poles were planted, no indication of thinking they’re trees.
• Option D: Watching poles glide by doesn’t show they’re seen as trees.

So Option A best shows her thinking the pole is a tree.

Answer:

A. "Often I had stopped, on my way down the road, to hold my ear against the pole, and, hearing its low moaning, I used to wonder what the paleface had done to hurt it."