Read the excerpt and answer the question.

i remember squatting in the road drawing a picture in the dust, a picture which joey gleefully erased with one sweep of his dirty foot. i remember fishing for minnows in a muddy creek and watching sadly as they eluded my cupped hands, while joey laughed uproariously.

which word best describes the mood of the excerpt above?
a. fearful
b. cheerful
c. surprised
d. frustrated

In the following conversation, which group discussion technique does emily most clearly show?

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places

"as joseph sat in history class, he was aware that the teacher was talking, but instead of paying attention, he doodled in his notebook." this is an example of a. listening b. hearing c. talking d. understanding