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QuizMultiple Choice

Reader Connections in We've Got a Job

Question 10 • EF English 12 - 1st 9 Weeks (New)

Read this excerpt from We’ve Got a Job: The 1963 Children’s March.As a little boy, Wash spotted flashes of other worlds – neighborhoods where middle-class blacks like Audrey lived, and even fancier ones "over the mountain" in Mountain Brook, where his mother worked as a maid for a wealthy white family. "There would be times when we would go riding with somebody we knew that had a car. We would ride through Titusville or over to Mountain Brook. So, we knew that there was something better than the house that we lived in."How does this excerpt help readers make a personal connection to the story?

Answer
A
by describing the appearance of Wash’s neighborhood
B
by offering information about Wash’s hopes for the future
C
by giving details about Wash’s mother’s salary
D
by describing the towns of Titusville and Mountain Brook