Question 22 of 25 • Common Core ELA 12 - ELA3012 B-IC
Read the excerpt from Midsummer by Derek Walcott.The leaf stems tug at their chains, the branches bendinglike Boer cattle under Tory whips that drag every wagonnearer to apartheid.
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It helps the reader understand why the war was fought and how the war ultimately ended.
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It evokes an image that helps the reader understand the current racial and political situation in Brixton.
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It helps the reader understand that the author supported the Second Boer War and the Brixton rioting.
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It suggests that the past war is the sole reason for the current political climate in Brixton.