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Smiling Indians (PAU June 2013)

In the following conversation you are going to hear some new words. Read and listen to them.
Make sure you know what they mean.

proud / lopsided /to break into a grin / stray / gunshots

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Question 1 of 8

1. Question
How many photographs did Edward Sheriff Curtis take?
- 80 or so.
- approximately 2000.
- about 1900.
- 2000 or so from each tribe.
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Question 2 of 8

2. Question
According to the conversation, why didn’t most people smile in old photographs?
- Because they wanted to look like Indians.
- Because people in the 1900s were very serious.
- Because smiling was not considered a good business.
- Because having your picture taken was a serious thing.
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Question 3 of 8

3. Question
How did Mr. Red Corn get people to smile in his video?
- He told them to look very serious and then break into a grin.
- He simply told them he was doing a video about smiling Indians.
- He told them to look ridiculous and lopsided for the video.
- He showed them pictures of smiling babies.
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Question 4 of 8

4. Question
According to the interview, humor in Indian country is present…
- everywhere all the time.
- wherever there are old-fashioned Indians.
- only on the surface.
- only in some communities.
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Question 5 of 8

5. Question
The interviewer thinks it’s difficult for Indians to smile because
- they can never find a reason to be positive
- they don’t like to say that they’re enjoying themselves.
- many of them live in very tough conditions.
- they don’t get a chance to enjoy themselves.
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Question 6 of 8

6. Question
Mr. Red Corn couldn’t stop smiling while making the video because…
- there were so many people laughing.
- the Indians were making fun of him.
- he was trying to give a message.
- the older people were having too much fun.
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Question 7 of 8

7. Question
When Mr. Red Corn was editing the video he…
- thought about poetic ways to end his days.
- was afraid that a stray bullet had come in.
- heard gunshots across the street.
- couldn't remember anything else.
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Question 8 of 8

8. Question
How did the video end?
- With a message about what happened across the street.
- With a message that spoke to the heart of the video.
- With Mr. Red Corn typing a message on his cell phone.
- With Mr. Red Corn smiling.
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