Question

Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”

There’d never been a second chief or a principal chief who was female, but I came to the position with absolute faith and confidence in our own people and our own ability to solve our own problems, and I began developing programs that reflected that philosophy.

Courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Trust

Which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?

As chief, Mankiller developed “absolute faith and confidence in our own people and our own ability to solve our own problems.”
Mankiller’s philosophy as chief reflected “absolute faith and confidence” in the Cherokee people and their own ability to solve their own problems.
As chief, Mankiller developed “programs” that reflected her philosophy of having absolute faith and confidence in the Cherokee to solve their own problems.
Mankiller had “absolute faith and confidence” in the Cherokee people to govern themselves, which helped make her a successful chief.

Answer 1

Mankiller’s philosophy as chief reflected “absolute faith and confidence” in the Cherokee people and their own ability to solve their own problems.

Reason: This sentence accurately and smoothly integrates the quoted phrase from the excerpt while paraphrasing the rest without changing the original meaning.