Read the excerpt below and answer the question. "you must belong to those beef-cattle peoples down the road," i said. they said "asalamalakim" when they met you, too, but they didn't shake hands. always too busy: feeding the cattle, fixing the fences, putting up salt-lick shelters, throwing down hay. when the white folks poisoned some of the herd the men stayed up all night with rifles in their hands. i walked a mile and a half just to see the sight. hakim-a-barber said, "i accept some of their doctrines, but farming and raising cattle is not my style." (they didn't tell me, and i didn't ask, whether wangero (dee) had really gone and married him.) what is the meaning of the word doctrines as it is used above? a. beliefs b. livestock c. work ethics d. medicine