why does cassie want to tell mama about rejecting the books before miss crocker tells her?
a.
cassie wants to tell mama how miss crocker whipped her and little man.
b.
mama won't punish cassie as harshly if cassie tells her first.
c.
cassie thinks miss crocker doesn't understand the problem.
d.
mama had told cassie to reject the books if they were dirty.

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

i think the literacy device is "it's frozen head"