Read the passage from "I Know Why the Caged Bird
Sings."
The author's purpose in including this passage is to
Mrs. Bertha Flowers was the aristocrat of Black Stamps.
She had the grace of control to appear warm in the coldest
weather, and on the Arkansas summer days it seemed she
had a private breeze which swirled around, cooling her.
She was thin without the taut look of wiry people, and her
printed voile dresses and flowered hats were as right for
her as denim overalls for a farmer. She was our side's
answer to the richest white woman in town.
explain to the reader the way people dressed in Black
Stamps.
instruct the reader on the local customs in Black
Stamps.
inform the reader of Mrs. Flowers's social position in
Black Stamps.
teach the reader how Mrs. Flowers's fashion affected
Black Stamps.

Ineed . read the passage, and choose the two (2) inferences that are most firmly based on the given information. the manufacture and sale of alcoholic beverages was outlawed in 1919 by theeighteenth amendment. prohibition, as it was called, achieved a number of good results. it lowered the average consumption of alcohol. 4rrests for drunkenness fell sharply. the rate of alcoholism was reduced. if the prohibitionists had been willing to legalize beer and wine, the experiment might have worked. instead, by insisting on a totally “dry” society, they drove thousands of ordinary people to break the law. 1. during prohibition, alcohol was not available. 2. during prohibition, many usually law-abiding people drank illegally. 3. the prohibitionists opposed the use of any form of alcoholic beverage. 4. the prohibitionists were tolerant of moderate social drinking.