Question 8 • *STPSB_8th Grade English Language Arts Quarter 1 Master 2627 Cousin
Read the excerpt from We Shall Not Be Moved.Once inside Clinton Hall, the writer found a different climate. At the end of a swarming corridor a fortification had been set up, made of desks and tables; this was the League's information bureau, where scores of confused, excited workers waited to register for the union. Heavily bearded old men pushed through the crowd selling apples and pretzels from baskets.
Answer
A
to challenge the reader’s ideas about the importance of the league
B
to help the reader imagine what the hall looked, felt, and smelled like
C
to give the reader facts about the hall’s size and the number of people there
D
to show the reader how the league in the past is the same as it is today