As ever, sugar work was brutally hard. the workers woke early, and for the first few months they were “seasoned”—learning the numbing work of hoeing or weeding or loading the barges with cut cane. after they were broken in, they might take on other tasks or, if they were lucky, get a place at the factory. the indians’ contracts called for seven hours’ work for about twenty-four cents a day. during the first few months, though, eight cents a week was deducted for food rations. and no matter what the words said on a piece of paper, sugar workers did not work just seven hours. more often than not, they labored as long as there was light, in the broiling heat. and though they might not be shackled or whipped like slaves, their lives were completely controlled by the terrifying overseers. –sugar changed the world, marc aronson and marina budhos which statement best explains how the evidence supports the central idea that working conditions were similar to slavery? the evidence explains that indian laborers worked in both fields and factories. the evidence indicates that indian laborers had contracts and were paid for their work. the evidence shows that indian laborers found the work very challenging and often quit. the evidence details hard work and the indian laborers’ lack of control over their lives.

Which excerpts from the war of the worldseffectively use setting to provide a contrast to the horror of the plot? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldshe remained standing at the edge of the pit that the thing had made for itself, staring at its strange appearance, astonished chiefly at its unusual shape and colour, and dimly perceiving even then some evidence of design in its arrival. the early morning was wonderfully still, and the sun, just clearing the pine trees towards weybridge, was already warm.they shouted consolation and promises, and went off back to the town again to get . one can imagine them, covered with sand, excited and disordered, running up the little street in the bright sunlight just as the shop folks were taking down their shutters and people were opening their bedroom windows.it was glaringly hot, not a cloud in the sky nor a breath of wind, and the only shadow was that of the few scattered pine trees. the burning heather had been extinguished, but the level ground towards ottershaw was blackened as far as one could see, and still giving off vertical streamers of smoke.an enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. the heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn.