Question

select the correct answer.
which aspect of the excerpt from the way to rainy mountain best exemplifies how american indian culture and themes can be passed down and changed over time?
a. the american soldiers destroying the ancient kiowa sun dance site
b. momaday seeing his grandmother standing at the wood stove on a winter morning and turning meat on a skillet
c. momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional kiowa manner
d. the slaughter and loss of the buffalo on the american plains
e. momaday admiring his grandmother sitting at the south window, bent above her headwork

Explanation:

To determine the correct answer, we analyze each option:

• Option A: Destroying the site shows loss, not passing down and changing culture.
• Option B: A daily activity doesn't relate to cultural transmission/change.
• Option C: Momaday watching his grandmother pray in traditional Kiowa manner shows the tradition being passed down (he observes it), and over time, the act of him watching and evaluating implies change in how it's perceived or continued.
• Option D: Slaughter of buffalo is about loss of a resource, not cultural transmission.
• Option E: Admiring headwork is a moment, not about cultural passing down/change.

So, option C best exemplifies cultural passing down and change.

Answer:

C. Momaday watching and evaluating his grandmother praying in the traditional Kiowa manner