2. Which answer does the best job of explaining (and not just stating) a theme? The theme of this story is greed and how bad it is. I agree that greed is a bad thing.
The theme of the story is how the three sons wouldn't listen to their father when he told them they should work hard to earn the money they wanted
The theme of this story is don't expect to make a lot of money if you won't go out and work for it.
The theme of the story is the effect of greed on how a person sees the world. The sons wanted gold so badly that they couldn't see how working hard could make them rich.

my guy how are we supposed to know

- "d.)  describe the iroquois belief of how the earth was created. for the iroquois, there was no reason to explain the importance of rituals. also, as animists, they didn't need a special elaboration as to why animals are important or why they had a crucial role in the earth's creation. this is just an authentic myth that explains the creation of the earth. every culture has produced creation myths."

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.