Question

Read the passage and answer the question that follows. Chief Joseph's Surrender Speech, October 5, 1877 by Chief Joseph Tell General Howard I know his heart. What he told me before, I have it in my heart. I am tired of fighting. Our Chiefs are killed; Looking Glass is dead, Ta Hool Hool Shute is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say yes or no. He who led on the young men is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are—perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my Chiefs! I am tired; my heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever. What does the speaker want most for his audience to feel?
a)Sympathy for his people
b)Anger at the U.S. government
c)Joy that his people will be rescued
d)Frustration with the slow process of Indian removal

Answer 1

It would be letter A.

The speaker would want his audience to feel sympathy for his people. This is evidenced by the way he described the situation of the people and not on how the government did something wrong.

"It is cold, and we have no blankets; the little children are freezing to death."
"I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead."