Question 1 Part A

What is a central idea in the passage "Marian Anderson Sings"?

Marian was not afraid to work hard in order to become a better singer.

Marian was subjected to racism on her path to becoming a great singer.

Marian knew, even as a child, that she wanted to be a singer.

Marian accepted that she was not only a singer but also a role model to African Americans.
Question 2
Part B

Which detail from the text best conveys the answer in Part A?

"Even as a little girl...Marian Anderson knew her destiny lay in her rich, wide-ranging voice."

"She practiced her exercises over and overshe had to study languages as well."

"The girl stared at her coldly. 'We don’t take colored,' she said."

"'I had become, whether I liked it or not, a symbol, representing my people. I had to appear.'"