Read the excerpt from Pink and Say. “No, no, my babies…my dear babies!” she cried. She was inconsolable for a time, then she sat still and afeared as she just listened.

“Mother, this war has to be won or this sickness that has taken our land will never stop.” Pink always called slavery “the sickness” when we talked. “We have to go.” He knelt at her feet.

By the look that came into her eyes, she’d known that this day was comin.’

I could feel my breathin’ catch. My chest was heavy.

Why does the author most likely include this excerpt in the story?

She shares Pink’s belief that the practice of slavery is spreading.

Unlike Moe Moe Bay, the author knows that war is a part of life.

Like Pink, she believes that slavery is very harmful to society.

She feels that Moe Moe Bay should do more to keep her son safe.

When i was young enough to still spend a long time buttoning my shoes in the morning, i'd listen toward the hall: daddy upstairs was shaving, in the bathroom, and mother downstairs was frying the bacon. they would begin whispering back and forth to each other up and down the stairwell. my father would whistle his phrase, my mother would try to whistle, then hum hers backi drew my buttonhook in and out and listened to it -know it was "the merry widow." the difference was, their song almost floated with laughter. how different from the record, which growled from the beginning, as if the victrola were only slowly being wound up. they kept it running between them, up and down the stairs where i was now just about ready to run clattering down and show them my shoes. what is the effect of the parallelism used in the above excerpt? it establishes the rhythm of a duet to echo the song. it expresses the same ideas. it mirrors opposite ideas. it is a paradox.

Is a psychological tool in which a person creates a detailed mental picture of an event. select the choice that best answers the question. a. stereotyping b. imaging c. visualization d. mentoring

When reading a poem closely to interpret its meaning and nuances, what can give you clues about the theme of the poem? a the rhyme scheme b. the stanza structure c. the title of the poem d. the name of the poet