Choose the word or phrase that best matches the word in italics for questions 1–3.
1. he searched doggedly for his favorite socks. (1 point)
lazily
with great determination
on all fours
with agitation
2. the tornado precluded our trip to the zoo. (1 point)
canceled
enlivened
endangered
made impossible
3. i am sick of the reprimands i get from my driver’s ed instructor! (1 point)
warnings
scoldings
threats
routines
matching

match the definitions to the words in questions 4–8 by filling in the correct letter.

a. punishment; revenge
b. puzzling; obscure
c. desirable; longed for
d. prey; target
e. temperate; soothing

4. quarry (1 point)

5. retribution (1 point)

6. balmy (1 point)

7. coveted (1 point)

8. cryptic (1 point)

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.