Question 8: Read the sentences from the article and the lecture in the box.
• As a child, she learned from her grandmother that a large fig tree near her family home in central Kenya was sacred and not to be disturbed. She gathered water for her mother at springs protected by the roots of trees. (paragraph 1 of “The Green Belt Movement”)
• Using trees as a symbol of peace is in keeping with a widespread African tradition. (paragraph 6 of “Wangari Maathai’s Nobel Lecture”) What do the sentences most likely suggest about Maathai?
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Responses

She predicted that institutions that respected trees would become more powerful.
She predicted that institutions that respected trees would become more powerful.

She expected people who planted trees to be aware of their own origins.
She expected people who planted trees to be aware of their own origins.

She understood that honoring trees was a valuable priority in her culture.
She understood that honoring trees was a valuable priority in her culture.

She believed that trees could help connect different cultures.