Mythology — Test

Question 6 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY

Reread "The Beginnings of the Maasai,” and then answer the question. One purpose of "The Beginnings of the Maasai” is to explain the weather. Which excerpt best justifies this conclusion?

Answer

The sky god is powerful, but can change from nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior.

Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.

In these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the earth dries up and becomes barren.

My father tells me that the eruption was so violent that it broke the earth away from the sky and flung Enkai and all of the cattle high up into the heavens.

Explanation

Choice B describes dark clouds bringing rain, which explains a weather pattern and its effect on the plains. The other choices focus on Enkai’s behavior, hot and dry conditions, or the origin story of the sky and cattle; B most directly supports the purpose of explaining weather.

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