Read the excerpt.
Mr. and Mrs. Farquar … asked the scientist to lunch. … Gideon … said grudgingly: “The Big Baas want to know what medicine I used?” He spoke incredulously, as if he could not believe his old friends could so betray him. Mr. Farquar began explaining how a useful medicine could be made out of the root, and how it could be put on sale, and how thousands of people … could be saved by the medicine. … [T]hey all realized he would never give in. The magical drug would remain where it was, unknown and useless except for the tiny scattering of Africans who had the knowledge … power and wisdom.
In “No Witchcraft for Sale” by Doris Lessing, how does Gideon’s cultural background affect his actions with the medicinal plant?
A. Gideon’s position as a leader in the native community requires him to be kind to the scientist.
B. Gideon’s position as a servant to the family demands that he tell the Farquars what they want to know.
C. Gideon’s position as a tribal medicine man dictates that he not betray the secret to outsiders.
D. Gideon’s position as Teddy’s caregiver leads him to give away the name of the medicinal root.
