Question 16 of 25 • 2025-2026_MDCPS_1001375_English 3 B-CR
Read the excerpt from "Rhobert” in Cane.It is a sad thing to see a banty-bowed, shaky, ricket-legged man straining the raw insides of his throat against smoothed air. Holding furtive thoughts about the glory of pulp-heads strewn in water. . . . He is way down. Down. Mud, coming to his banty knees, almost hides them.
Answer
A
The hyphens show Rhobert’s lack of earthly connection.
B
The hyphens emphasize Rhobert’s scattered thoughts.
C
The ellipsis emphasizes the oppression Rhobert is feeling.
D
The ellipsis suggests that Rhobert could not think coherently.