Contemporary Indigenous American Voices

Question 1

What inference can you make about Father Paul’s feelings in the beginning of the passage?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He is discouraged because Leon sees the holy water as only water rather than as a holy symbol.

Question 2

Which of the following did you include in your answer? Check any of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

the importance of water to both the priest and the people, but for different reasons; identification of the cultural conflicts; specific symbols from the story; the difference in beliefs about death

Question 3

What does the last sentence suggest about Father Paul’s attitude and motivation?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He sees compromise as the only way to perform the Catholic burial.

Question 4

Which elements of traditional Pueblo spirituality are present in “The Man to Send Rain Clouds”? Check all of the boxes that apply.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

sprinkling corn meal; honoring ancestral spirits; accepting death as rebirth

Question 5

Which common element do the cultures share at Teofilo’s burial? having a funeral Mass ✔ sprinkling the groundperforming last rites

Revolt · Accepted Answer

✔ sprinkling the ground

Question 6

Why might the author have included the detail about Father Paul picking up the magazine?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

It suggests that similar missionary work was causing conflict in other places as well.

Question 7

What inference can you make about why Father Paul decides to go with Leon?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He hopes to integrate his beliefs with their culture as much as they will allow him to.

Question 8

Based on the final sentence of the story, what can you infer about Leon’s beliefs?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

He believes in Pueblo cultural traditions, but he is willing to participate in the Catholic tradition as well.

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