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Based on Bouki’s conversation with Moussa, what can the reader infer about Bouki’s financial situation?

• Bouki is wealthy and can afford to buy a horse

• 1. Bouki is struggling financially and cannot afford Toussaint's price.

• 1. Bouki is indifferent about the cost of renting a horse.

• Bouki is generous and willing to pay any price for a horse.

What can the reader infer about Toussaint’s character based on his interaction with Bouki?

Select TWO correct answers

• Toussaint is kind-hearted and offers discounts to his friends.

• Toussaint is strict and demands full payment upfront.

• Toussaint is manipulative and takes advantage of Bouki's situation.

• Toussaint is indifferent about Bouki's financial struggles.

• Toussaint is not a compassionate person.

What can the reader infer about why TI Malice offers to help Bouki?

• 1. Ti Malice needs extra pumpkin crops from Bouki’s fields to feed his own struggling farm animals

•  Ti Malice hopes to build a reputation around town for generosity by aiding Bouki

• Ti Malice wants to play a trick on Toussaint for prior dealings that upset Bouki

• Ti Malice has admired Bouki’s vegetable growing talents and hopes to apprentice new farming techniques

This question has two parts. First, answer Part A. Then, answer Part B. 

Part A 

What might the reader infer about Moussa and Bouki’s relationship?

• 1. Moussa and Bouki are close friends who help each other in times of need.

• Moussa and Bouki have a strained relationship due to Bouki's constant borrowing.

• 1. Moussa and Bouki are business partners who often collaborate on farming projects.

• 1. Moussa and Bouki are siblings who often quarrel over simple matters.

  
  

Part B

Which evidence from the text supports the answer to Part A?

• 1. MOUSSA: We found my donkey! Do you still need him?

• BOUKI: [disappointed] No. I already gave Toussaint five pumpkins to rent his horse

• BOUKI: Toussaint will never give me my five pumpkins back.

• TI MALICE: Bouki, I have an idea. I will get your pumpkins back for you.

The reader can tell that “Bouki Rents a Horse” is play because it has a–