Question
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Reread 'The Beginnings of the Maasai," and then
answer the question.
One purpose of "The Beginnings of the Maasai" is to
explain the weather.
Which excerpt best justifies this conclusion?
• The sky god is powerful, but can change from
nurturing to vengeful depending on our behavior.
• Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God,
happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark
clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.
© In these times, the sun grows incredibly hot until the
earth dries up and becomes barren.
• My father tells me that the eruption was so violent
that it broke the earth away from the sky and flung
Enkai and all of the cattle high up into the heavens.
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Answer
Sometimes Enkai is Enkai Narok, the Black God, happy with us and blanketing the sky with dark clouds that pour out rain to nourish the plains.