"Her blond hair sleeked back like river grass." This is an example of: a simile
a metaphor
a hyperbole
an idiom

b. brooks wrote about the same type of neighborhood in which she grew up.

i guess the cause and effect would show how being around the smoke(the cause) can have negative effects on the body.

explanation:

16.) true

17.) true

18.) it doesn't say

19.) true

20.) false

explanation:

wow there were a thousand people in the concert. that’s great