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QuizMultiple Choice

Introduction to Making a Difference: It's Our World, Too!

Question 5 • **MFISD ENGLISH 1 A 22-23 CR

Read the excerpt from It's Our World, Too!: Young People Who Are Making a Difference.When they entered the board's meeting room, Neto was terrified. They were alone with the ten white men who were the members of the Marsing school board. "I couldn't believe I was really doing this," Neto recalls. "Then I heard Baldy say, 'Neto wants to talk with you about the football team.'"So I just started. I told them I was quitting and why. I told them word-for-word what I had heard. Only one of them looked like he was really listening. When I was finished, they thanked me for coming, but they didn't say they would do anything about it. I went home thinking, Well, at least I tried. Now they can't say nobody told them."

Answer
A
Neto is terrified to speak to the school board.
B
Baldy takes Neto to the school board meeting.
C
Neto tells the school board about the racist comments.
D
The school board does not respond to Neto.
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