What does chura do to earn respect of the masai. a. he kills tyrant of a leader and carries his spear to the sacred spot on the mountain. b. he kills a lion that is attacking their calves. c. he crosses the great river filled with beasts without being eaten. d. he rescues their princess from a neighboring tribe by frightening them with his ugliness.

ANSWER: B. he kills a lion that is attacking their calves.

EXPLANATION: Chura was a servant in the Masai community because of his ugly looks. But, he killed a lion when it was attacking the calves thus saving the Masai community. Chura was honored with the name 'Lion' which proved useful for him as this was the name selected for Marwe to marry.

arah orne jewett first published "a white heron" in her 1886 collection, "a white heron and other stories." this short story tells the tale of what happens when sylvia, a 9-year-old girl living deep in the forest with her grandmother, meets a young hunter looking to capture, and kill, the white heron living in sylvia's woods. the climax occurs when sylvia must decide whether to him or protect the bird.

rising action

leading up to the climax of the story, the nameless young hunter befriends sylvia and her grandmother, mrs. tilly. he explains to mrs. tilly that he is bent on "stuffing and preserving" a little white heron that he believes lives near their cottage. mrs. tilly offers up that "[t]here ain't a foot o' ground" that sylvia doesn't know and suggests that she may be able to him find the bird.

climax

after following, but not really , the young hunter on his search for the heron, sylvia slips out of bed alone in the middle of the night to find the heron for herself. perched at the top of a gigantic pine tree, sylvia spots the heron, and its nest, in a dead hemlock tree across the way. the following morning she returns home to find her grandmother and the hunter waiting for her at the door. in the moment when she plans to tell the hunter where to find the heron, she suddenly decides to protect the heron and remain silent; even the promise of much needed money does not sway her.

explanation:

obama was told in early july 2004 that he was chosen to deliver the address, and he largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the kerry presidential campaign.