Read the following excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.James stood upstairs at the very front of all the marchers, next to his friend Gertrude. “We were thinking about the seriousness of what we were about to do,” he said.At one o’clock, a DJ at WENN dropped the needle on the gospel song “All Men Created by God.” This was the cue to start the march. The double doors of Sixteenth Street Baptist swung open.James immediately saw the trouble they were about to step into.“When the door was opened, I was shocked at the number of people,” he said. Beyond sawhorse barricades that surrounded the church, policemen sat at attention on motorcycles. Hundreds of black adults crowded the park. “I could see reporters . . . I remember hearing a man saying, ‘They’re coming out! They’re coming out!’ There were lights and people all around.”Which detail from this excerpt suggests that the speaker’s feelings were shared by other children involved in the march?
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Audrey and James didn’t go to the mass meeting either. They were in jail.Audrey was taken to a large dayroom. She didn’t know anyone, and everyone was older. Dinner was unappetizing. "They gave us grits . . .” she said. "They were horrible—all soupy, no salt.” That night, she slept on a bunk bed "on one mattress, with one sheet,” and no covers.The first-person quotations in this excerpt help explain
Which statement should be included in a summary of We've Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson?
Read the summary of a book.Theo Rodrigo’s book Dust onto Dust is a historical narrative about the 1930s Dust Bowl. The author describes how a combination of poor farming techniques and a lack of rain created a disaster for farmers in the Great Plains region of the United States. Farmers who lived during that period share their hardships and how they changed their farming techniques in response to this environmental disaster. Rodrigo also includes many pictures and maps to help readers understand his ideas.Which sentence should be removed from the summary?
Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Arnetta didn’t go to the mass meeting that night. She was disappointed she hadn’t been arrested. Somehow, she had gotten separated from the rest of the Peace Ponies, many of whom did get arrested and jailed. Instead, she went home and talked with her parents about the excitement of marching. They repeated their advice: "You’ve done your part. You need to leave this alone.”*****Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—as Arnetta discovered the next day.How did Arnetta’s and Wash’s opinions about being arrested differ?
Read the following excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.When Arnetta saw Hosea Williams, one of her nonviolence trainers, arrive at her school, she thought, “It’s here, it’s about to happen!” She was joyful at “seeing all those children coming out to participate in the Movement.” She described Dr. Bell, the principal of Ullman, as “running around like a chicken with his head cut off.”Through the use of quotes in this excerpt, the reader is presented with
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.At that point, things got even scarier for the marchers. Connor rolled up in a massive white car shaped and outfitted like a tank, complete with gun turrets. "Connor told them to arrest [us],” James said. "We were crammed into the paddy wagons that were meant to hold maybe eight people at the most—two in [each of] the four cubicles that they had. They crammed three and four of us into one cubicle and they continued to press the door until they got it shut and locked and [had] us taken off to jail.”As soon as James’s group was hauled away, Bevel released the next group of fifty students. When that batch was arrested, the next group burst from the church.Which pair of adjectives best describes the shared experience of the student groups?
Read the excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Teachers who were concerned about students’ safety or who disapproved of their playing hooky tried to bar classroom doors. "A number of teachers told us we were wrong,” Arnetta said, "that we were breaking laws, and we were putting our parents’ jobs in jeopardy.” But, her favorite teachers, Miss Woolfolk and Mrs. Cleopatra Goree, turned around and looked at the blackboard as if they didn’t notice the students leaving their classrooms.The direct quote is included to help readers understand
Read the following excerpt from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.[Arnetta] was joyful at “seeing all those children coming out to participate in the Movement.”In this excerpt, the reader is presented with
Read the two excerpts from We’ve Got a Job by Cynthia Levinson.Audrey talked quietly with her mother and father. As far as she could tell, she was the youngest child there, and she didn’t know anyone else. "My girlfriend . . . was to demonstrate, too, that day,” she said. "I had expected to see her. But she wasn’t there.” Nevertheless, Audrey said, "I didn’t have any fear.”*****Meanwhile, Wash had arrived at Kelly Ingram Park to watch. "[W]e saw those people willingly turn themselves over to the police . . .,” he said. His reaction: "Wow, they must be crazy.” Experience had taught Wash that "the police was vicious murderers.” He knew how much pain they could inflict on young black bodies—Which statement best represents how the march affected Audrey and Wash?
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