English 10
The Man to Send Rainclouds - Questions
Name: ______________________________
Objective Questions
These are objective questions that draw on your ability to recall material from the text. While your answers
should be as complete as possible, you need offer only the facts requested.
1. As the story begins, the author gives the reader subtle hints to learn more about Leon and Louise’s internal
conflict between traditional and Christian customs. Find signs of this conflict on page 48.
2. What can you tell about the time and place of this story?
3. The tense conversation between Leon and Father Paul develops the external conflict between the two
characters. Why might the priest be “distant” or “tired”?
4. What request does Leon make of Father Paul?
5. What does Father Paul do? What do you think his motivation is?
English 10
The Man to Send Rainclouds - Questions
Name: ______________________________
Subjective Questions
These are subjective questions that require you to interpret material from the text. Your answers should provide
insights on how characters behave and why they act as they do.
1. What does Leon do with Teofilo? How might these acts relate to rain, clouds, or plants?
2. Why might corn meal, pollen, and holy water be used in a funeral? What symbolic or practical purpose
might they serve?
3. What do you think the author, Leslie Marmon Silko, thinks about the cultural conflict between the Laguna
and the priest?