Answer:
Who is Mitsima - what does he teach John? Indian elder on the Reservation - he is kind to John. He tries to teach him how to make decorative and practical pottery and promises to teach him how to make a bow.
Lightheartedness means cheerful, carefree ect.
This means the line "The sounds of water splashing and laughter echoed in the distance; Tim's friend's had gone for a late-night swim." is the phrase that is the correct answer, since it talks about the happy actions of Tim's friends.
Answer C.
Contact with native populations is rarely an even exchange, natives are always exploited in some way.
Having a fixed number of syllables per line
