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:

The best integration of a direct quotation matches the original excerpt's core message, properly attributes the speaker, and maintains grammatical consistency. The first option misquotes the excerpt and lacks attribution. The second option uses a shortened quote that doesn't capture the full key idea. The third option has a pronoun shift issue ("we" in the quote doesn't align with the framing of "Cherokee people" in the lead-in). The fourth option correctly attributes the quote to Mankiller, rephrases the context accurately, adjusts the pronoun "our" to "their" for grammatical consistency with the lead-in, and fully reflects the excerpt's message of self-trust, articulating vision, and making it reality.

Answer:

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)