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Question 8 • CMS 2026-2027 English III CREDIT RECOVERY

Which piece of dialogue from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds" best illustrates that Christian rites are not important to Leon or his community?

Answer

“Thank God for that. Teofilo is a very old man. You really shouldn’t allow him to stay at the sheep camp alone.” “No, he won’t do that any more now.”

The priest dragged a chair out of the kitchen and offered it to Leon. “No thank you, Father. I only came to ask you if you would bring your holy water to the graveyard.”

“‘Why didn’t you tell me he was dead? I could have brought the Last Rites anyway.” Leon smiled. “It wasn’t necessary, Father.”

Leon put on his green cap and pulled the flaps down over his ears. “It’s getting late, Father. I’ve got to go.” When Leon opened the door Father Paul stood up and said, "Wait."

Explanation

In choice C, Father Paul says he could have given Teofilo the Last Rites, but Leon replies, “It wasn’t necessary.” That response directly shows that Leon and his community do not consider this Christian rite important to their own traditions surrounding death. Choice B shows Leon does ask for holy water, so it does not express the same dismissal of a Christian rite.

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