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.