Question

1. how are nasbah and her grandfather different?

a nasbah is mainly concerned about the safety of the lambs, but her grandfather watches the entire flock.
b nasbah looks forward to helping with the sheep, but her grandfather is unsure if she is ready to care for the sheep.
c nasbah is not hungry enough to eat yet, but her grandfather cannot wait to eat a delicious meal.
d nasbah gets lost easily while walking on the trail, but her grandfather knows his way on the trail very well.

part b

1. which quotation from the passage best supports the answer to part a?

a \every year, when it was time for grandfather to move the sheep down from their winter grazing site on the mesa, he always waited until a saturday so that his grandchildren could help.\ (paragraph 2)
b
asbah ran past grandfather and her brothers to the back of the flock. she’d told her mother she wanted to make sure the lambs made it down the steep trail to the bottom of the canyon.\ (paragraph 4)
c \she lingered to watch them as grandfather and her brothers walked to the hogan for some of grandmother’s tasty fry bread.\ (paragraph 8)
d \then nasbah picked her way down the rocky trail. just as she reached the bottom, she saw her parents, grandparents, and brothers all heading toward her.\ (paragraph 19)

1. how does the third - person point of view influence how events are described?

a it helps the reader understand the joy of the mother when her daughter and the lamb were both saved.
b it helps the reader understand nasbah’s actions and the reasons for her actions when she saved the lamb.
c it helps the reader understand nasbah’s opinion of how difficult it is to care for a flock of sheep.
d it helps the reader understand the trust the mother had in her daughter to take care of the flock of sheep.

Explanation:

Answer:

A. Nasbah is mainly concerned about the safety of the lambs, but her grandfather watches the entire flock.
B. "Nasbah ran past Grandfather and her brothers to the back of the flock. She'd told her mother she wanted to make sure the lambs made it down the steep trail to the bottom of the canyon." (paragraph 4)
B. It helps the reader understand Nasbah's actions and the reasons for her actions when she saved the lamb.