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lesson pretestMultiple Choice

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Question 5 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY

Which excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" contains an example of personification?

Answer
A
The priest approached the grave slowly, wondering how they had managed to dig into the frozen ground. . . .
B
His fingers were stiff, and it took him a long time to twist the lid off the holy water.
C
The wind pulled the priest’s brown Franciscan robe and swirled away the corn meal and pollen that had been sprinkled on the blanket.
D
He felt good because it was finished, and he was happy about the sprinkling of the holy water. . . .

Explanation

Personification gives human actions or qualities to something nonhuman. In choice C, the wind “pulled” the priest’s robe and “swirled away” the corn meal and pollen, describing the wind as if it were acting deliberately. The other excerpts describe people’s actions or feelings without giving a human quality to a nonhuman thing.

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