Asked by jk

Read the quote from Leslie Marmon Silko’s story "The Man to Send Rain Clouds"

"Send us rain clouds, Grandfather." They laid the bundle in the back of the pickup and covered it with a heavy tarp before they started back to the pueblo.
This quote is located early in the narrative. What does it reveal about Leon?
He is more worried about the rain than the death of his grandfather.
He is a devout follower of the Roman Catholic Church.
He is already planning on asking for holy water from Father Paul.
He greatly values the traditional beliefs of the Pueblo people.

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He greatly values the traditional beliefs of the Pueblo people.

Explanation: Asking his dead grandfather to “send us rain clouds” and carefully packing the body reflects Leon’s respect for ancestral and Pueblo rituals and beliefs rather than a focus on Catholic practice or merely worrying about rain.