She's in school now, and I'm very quickly remembering what school is about: two parts ABCs to fifty parts Where Do I Stand in the Great Pecking Order of Humankind?

The highlighted words in the excerpt are allusions. To what are they making reference, and how is each being used by Kingsolver? Write a paragraph of about 100 words to explain your answer.

the answer is a)   a sentence of death costs the state "almost three times as much as a sentence of life in prison" (delon 147)

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.

i do not the question is put in the corrorect order