His aunts and grandmothers taught him to count while they sorted out the materials used to make the abstract
designs in the native baskets. He learned his basic
numbers by helping his father count and sort the rocks to
be used in the sweat-lodge - seven rocks for a medicine
sweat, say, or thirteen for the summer solstice ceremony.
And he was taught mathematics by counting the sticks we
use in our traditional native hand game.
-- Medicine Grizzlybear Lake, "An Indian Father's Plea"
Why does the author use this example of his son's tribal education in his
letter to the teacher?
A. To show that his son is smart but has just learned things in a
different way
B. To show that his son is slow and that the teacher made the
correct assessment
O C. To show that his son is good at crafts and should be more
creative
D. To show that his son is an American Indian and should be treated
differently

Which word best describes the author's tone in this excerpt from "that spot" by jack london? i don’t think much of stephen mackaye any more, though i used to swear by him. i know that in those days i loved him more than my own brother. if ever i meet stephen mackaye again, i shall not be responsible for my actions. it passes beyond me that a man with whom i shared food and blanket, and with whom i mushed over the chilcoot trail, should turn out the way he did. i always sized steve up as a square man, a kindly comrade, without an iota of anything vindictive or malicious in his nature. i shall never trust my judgment in men again. why, i nursed that man through typhoid fever; we starved together on the headwaters of the stewart; and he saved my life on the little salmon. and now, after the years we were together, all i can say of stephen mackaye is that he is the meanest man i ever knew. a. excited b. ironic c. indignant d. playful