Read the following excerpt from leslie marmon silko’s story "the man to send rain clouds." "we found him under a cottonwood tree in the big arroyo near sheep camp. i guess he sat down to rest in the shade and never got up again." leon walked toward the old man's bed. the red plaid shawl had been shaken and spread carefully over the bed, and a new brown flannel shirt and pair of stiff new levi's were arranged neatly beside the pillow. louise held the screen door open while leon and ken carried in the red blanket. he looked small and shriveled, and after they dressed him in the new shirt and pants he seemed more shrunken. what detail from this excerpt best symbolizes traditional pueblo culture? the cottonwood tree the new brown shirt the old man’s bed the red blanket

What is the independent cause in this sentence? "if the poem is about going mad when love is lost, what would happen if love didn't die? "

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these

How can the reader of a story use the setting of a story to learn more about a charactor