Read this excerpt from "the world on turtle's back."one day, when the girl had become a woman, a man appeared. no one knows where this man came from. perhaps he was sent from the gods above. the girl was so filled with wonder to see this strange man, she lost her senses and fainted. the man yielded two very different arrows, and laid them across the body of the girl in opposite directions, then he disappeared. which statement best describes the significance of the arrows? a. they represent the fact that the woman will die in childbirth. b.they represent a warning from the man to the woman. c.they represent the man's intention to kill the woman. d.they represent the twins that the woman will bear.

D - They represent the twins that the woman will bear.

The tww (very different) arrows laid in opposite directions signifies the twins that she will carry - they will be very different and oppose one another.

d.They represent the twins that the woman will bear.

Explanation:

The story of "The World On Turtle's Back" is the creation myth/ belief according to the Iroquois people. It tells the story of how the generation of men came about, with a woman fell from the Sky world, landing on a turtle's back. This is the beginning of the creation of the world.

The appearance of the man from nowhere, the producing of the two arrows, and his positioning of the arrows in two separate opposite directions are all part of the story of the creation and beginning of the world. The two arrows represent the twin sons that the woman will give birth to, with opposing characteristics and qualities.

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