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Modeling with Rational Functions — Unit test

Question 162 • Crowley Credit Recovery Algebra II B

Read the passage from Lord of the Flies by William Golding."I’m scared of him,” said Piggy, "and that’s why I know him. If you’re scared of someone you hate him but you can’t stop thinking about him. You kid yourself he’s all right really, an’ then when you see him again, it’s like asthma an’ you can’t breathe. I tell you what. He hates you too, Ralph—”"Me? Why me?”"I dunno. You got him over the fire; an’ you’re chief an’ he isn’t.”"But he’s, he’s, Jack Merridew!”"I been in bed so much I done some thinking. I know about people. I know about me. And him. He can’t hurt you: but if you stand out of the way he’d hurt the next thing. And that’s me.”

Answer
A
society’s dependence on authority
B
the wisdom gained from experience
C
the consuming power of guilt
D
humanity’s search for meaning in the world

Explanation

Piggy uses what he has experienced and observed to understand Jack’s hatred and predict that Jack may target him if Ralph is out of the way. His time thinking in bed has helped him recognize how fear and jealousy affect people. This supports the theme of wisdom gained from experience, not society’s dependence on authority or the search for meaning.

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