Which event is most closely associated with the start of WWII in Europe? A. Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
B. Building of the Berlin Wall
C. The signing of the Treaty of Versailles
D. The invasion of Poland by Nazi Germany

c is a symbol. when bernice gets her hair cut, it is the authors way of showing the affects and demands of pier pressure and the over-all attitudes of people at the time.

the correct answers are:

c. “never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue.”

d. “‘it has never been heard,’ was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later.”

e. “this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke.”