Part A

In “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World,” how does Old Musoni feel
about the world beyond his homeland?
a. He longs to explore it.
b. He believes it is dangerous.
c. He does not think other places exist.
d. He believes a home can be made anywhere.

Part B

Which passage from “The Setting Sun and the Rolling World” most
clearly supports the answer to Part A?
a. The white speck whose sound had disturbed his work and thoughts was far
out at the edge of the yellow sky, near the horizon.
b. He saw nothing now but disaster and death for his son out there in the
world.
c. Words are handles made to the smith’s fancy and are liable to break under
stress.
d. And if there were a couple of ancestors who needed appeasement, he
would do it while he was still around.