“howdy, joe willow,” i said. “you coming home from work? ” he stopped and grinned. “that’s right,” he said. he leaned on the mailbox, and we said nothing for a few moments until he spoke again. “you’re edmund’s boy, aren’t you? ” “huh-uh. i belong to rosa.” “oh.” he squatted down. “you know what? i’m the same way. everybody calls me jimmy bear’s boy, but i’m not. he’s not my daddy.”

based on this excerpt from “the passing,” it can be inferred that the boys

a: will become best friends
b: respect their stepfathers
c: have a similar sense of identity
d: enjoy talking about their families

Read the passage from sugar changed the world. sugar is a taste we all want, a taste we all crave. people throughout the planet everywhere have been willing to do anything, anything at all, to get that touch of sweetness. we even know exactly how thrilling it was to taste sugar for the first time. when the lewis and clark expedition met up with the shoshone, who had little previous contact with old world products, sacagawea gave a tiny piece of sugar to a chief. he loved it, saying it was "the best thing he had ever tasted." sugar created a hunger, a need, which swept from one corner of the world to another, bringing the most terrible misery and destruction, but then, too, the most inspiring ideas of liberty. sugar changed the world. we begin that story with a man who could never know enough. how does the conclusion of the prologue support the authors’ purpose? select two options. it introduces the topic that will be addressed next. it provides information about the authors. it states why the topic is relevant to readers. it cites sources the authors used in the text. it explains how the authors came to study the subject.

How can an author reveal move information about a character

What are two reasons why hamlet has for making the request of the actors? (hamlet)