Question

highlight details that reveal information about the environment in which the haida people lived.
raven opened his beak and sang a beautiful song, calming the creatures in the shell. then, using his powerful talons, he opened the shell and released the first human beings.
the men were hungry and thirsty, but there was no food on the large sandy beach, and the salt water just made them thirstier. determined to take care of the men he had found, raven flew to find them provisions.
—\the raven and the first men: the beginnings of the haida\
what inference about the haida peoples life experiences can be drawn from the details in this story?
○ people would hunt and eat ravens when they were hungry.
○ people would drink sea water when they were thirsty.
○ people could not find drinkable water at the beach.
○ people often hid inside clam shells to escape hungry ravens.

Explanation:

1. Eliminate incorrect options:

• There is no mention of hunting/eating ravens, so the first option is wrong.
• The text states salt water made people thirstier, so they would not drink it, making the second option wrong.
• The story says Raven released humans from a shell; there is no mention of people hiding in shells from ravens, so the fourth option is wrong.

1. The text explicitly notes that on the sandy beach, there was no drinkable water (salt water only made thirst worse), so this validates the third option.

Answer:

C. People could not find drinkable water at the beach.