Next you'd see a raft sliding by, away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping, because they're most always
doing it on a raft; you'd see the axe flash and come down --you don't hear nothing: you see that axe go up again,
and by the time it's above the man's head then you hear the k'chunki-it had took all that time to come over the
water. (p. 115)

use either context clues or an outside source to you determine the meaning of the word in bold in the passage
above.

a. a strange or foolish man
b. a type of water bird
c. a tree found on the mississippi river
d. a wealthy man

Why do people live together and form societies

Read this excerpt from "we shall overcome." hundreds of thousands of people sang them. but sometimes, it was one lone person with a guitar. they sang in segregated bus stations, picket lines, freedom marches, concert stadiums, city squares, and videos. when injustice of oppression threatens, people sing protest songs to proclaim their resistance, publicize their cause, and encourage hope for a better future, based on this excerpt as an introductory paragraph, which of the following would you expect to read about in the article? different groups of people who were oppressed the ways that music brings diverse groups of people together similarities between historical movements that provided rights for groups of people different song styles throughout specific historical events

Realism was a fairly influential and widespread literary movement in the united states in the latter half of the nineteenth century. which american writer is among the pioneers of american realism? a. ernest hemingway b. f. scott fitzgerald c. j. d. salinger d. mark twain