This question has two parts. Part A Based on the information in paragraphs 2 and 3 of the excerpt from "Stone Messengers," what can the reader infer about inuksuks? They tended to be nearly identical to each other. They provided travelers with help to survive their long journeys. They offered grateful Arctic travelers moments of homage. They were built by hauling rocks from one part of the Arctic to another Part B Which quotation from the excerpt best supports the answer to Part A? "Stone upon lichen-encrusted stone, it is an inuksuk, the signature of an Arctic hunter who passed this way on a journey that would last a lifetime..." (paragraph 2) "The size of a young boy, the inuksuk, its mere presence attaching you to its unknown builder, warms you with its sense of humanity." (paragraph 2) " As thanks , you leave a piece of your precious food tucked between its lower stones and move on," Hallendy continues. ( paragraph 3) " Soon you meet another inuksuk, and another." (paragraph 3)

Part A: The reader can infer that inuksuks provided travelers with help to survive their long journeys and offered grateful Arctic travelers moments of homage.

Part B: The quotation that best supports the answer to Part A is "As thanks, you leave a piece of your precious food tucked between its lower stones and move on," Hallendy continues. (paragraph 3)