Read the following excerpt from Leslie Marmon Silko's story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds. His fingers were stiff, and it took him a long time to twist the lid off the holy water. Drops of water fell on the red
blanket and soaked into dark icy spots. He sprinkled the grave and the water disappeared almost before it
touched the dim, cold sand; it reminded him of something—he tried to remember what it was, because he
thought if he could remember he might understand this. He sprinkled more water; he shook the container until it
was empty, and the water fell through the light from sundown like August rain that fell while the sun was still
shining, almost evaporating before it touched the wilted squash flowers.
What inference can be made about Father Paul's motives for going with Leon to sprinkle holy water on Teofilo's grave?
He hopes that Teofilo's family will allow him to hold a funeral Mass.
He hopes to integrate his beliefs into theirs as much as possible.
He is performing last rites for Teofilo without the knowledge of Teofilo's family.
He is curious about the funeral customs of the Pueblo people.

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Welcome to the vocabulary assessment. by connecting with words in a more interactive way, through a graphic organizer that includes your own ideas, we hope you will learn new vocabulary strategies to integrate into your course work and your everyday life. objectives: use a variety of techniques to acquire a range of words determine, clarify, and illustrate the meaning of unfamiliar words to ensure that you properly and successfully complete the vocabulary assessment, do the following: complete the assessment using the passage provided. select a word from the passage, and identify/create each of the following for that word: denotation connotations synonyms antonyms affixes the sentence from the passage where the word appears an original sentence using the word a memory trick type your responses in the appropriate boxes. after you have typed your responses, print your graphic organizer and submit it to your teacher. be careful not to refresh the page before printing, as some browsers will not save your work. passage from "the pit and the pendulum" by edgar allan poe very suddenly there came back to my soul motion and sound—the tumultuous motion of the heart, and in my ears the sound of its beating. then a pause in which all is blank. then again sound, and motion, and touch, a tingling sensation pervading my frame. then the mere consciousness of existence, without thought, a condition which lasted long. then, very suddenly, thought, and shuddering terror, and earnest endeavor to comprehend my true state. then a strong desire to lapse into insensibility. then a rushing revival of soul and a successful effort to move. and now a full memory of the trial, of the judges, of the sable draperies, of the sentence, of the sickness, of the swoon. then entire forgetfulness of all that followed; of all that a later day and much earnestness of endeavor have enabled me vaguely to recall.