Read the following lines from "an arab shepherd is searching for his goat on mount zion."
"searching for a goat or a son has always been in the beginning of a new religion in these mountains"
which of the following best explains the meaning of these lines?
a. loss does not discriminate between arabs and jews.
b. people can find the seeds of friendship in unexpected places.
c. sacrifice is a ritual common to both the arab and jewish cultures.
d. it often takes the loss of something close to discover something else.

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel