Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience

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 common element do the cultures share at Teofilo’s burial?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

sprinkling the ground

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

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 6

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.

Martin Luther King Jr. and Civil Disobedience Answers