Which of the selections listed below is not one of the steps to naturalization for prospective citizens born outside the united states?

select one:
a. permanent residency in the united states
b. good moral character
c. knowledge of the english language and us civics
d. compulsory military service

Why did mr. rickey want to get black players into the major leagues?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." those tests were constructed around items like fill-in-the-blank sentence completion, such as “even though tom was mary thought he was ” and the correct answer always seemed to be the most bland combinations of thoughts, for example, “even though tom was foolish, mary thought he was ridiculous.” well, according to my mother, there were very few limitations as to what tom could have been and what mary might have thought of him. so i never did well on tests like that. how does tan build a central idea of her story in the excerpt? tan discusses the types of questions on achievement tests to support the idea that the tests limit students’ ability to write well. tan explains a question on a language achievement test to support the idea that the tests should include more interesting content. tan gives an example of her experience with achievement tests to support the idea that they are not always accurate measures of language ability. tan considers how her mother might answer a question on a test to support the idea that nonstandard english limits a person’s ability to communicate.

50 points! and i really need your if you do this correctly i will give you a brainiest and i'll you. if you get it wrong on purpose i'll report you. good luck!