A student is writing about the cultural differences in Barrio Boy. Which line from the text shows evidence that Ernesto and his family had to adjust to a new economic system? A: There was little space for anything besides the army cots lined up in two rows.

B: Mexican centavos and tostones and pesos were good for nothing in the United States.

C: It sounded as if generals were in charge of the mail in the United States.

D: "Now, Ernesto, you are the man of the family. You will take care of your mother until we are together in Sacramento."

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky