Which quotation from the interview best reveals Levinson as a dispassionate observer
during the 1963 protest marches in
Birmingham, Alabama?
"As I researched and wrote We've
Got a Job, I looked back at those
news articles and shows to refresh
my memory."
"For the benighted midwesterner
that I was, curiosity was a
O necessary but not sufficient
condition for understanding the
events in Birmingham."
"The events did not seem nearly so
salient for me as they were for
young black people in
Birmingham."
"It was while doing research for a
children's magazine article on
O music in the civil rights period that I
learned about the critical
involvement of children.

Match the author with the description a. ernest hemingway b. john steinbeck c. robert frost d. langston hughes (1) summers spent in pacific grove, california influenced the symbolism in his literature (2) his poetry includes simple, direct language. many are dramatic monologues written in free verse are about life on new england farms (3) the mood and tone of his literature is largely shaped by his experience as a soldier in world war 1 (4) his poetry and short stories include dialect and colloquialisms which gives his primarily african american characters distinctive voices

The man took strong sharp sudden bites, just like the dog. the figurative language in this excerpt serves to a. give the convict animalistic qualities. b. provide a relatable example of how the convict ate. c. set a scary mood. d. use alliteration to catch the reader's attention.

Read this passage: byron and mitch are co-captains of the mathletes, their high school's academic team. they are backstage with the five other team members, preparing to compete in the state math quiz. byron sits on the floor with his eyes closed and his earbuds in, listening to classical jazz, which him focus his mind and energy. suddenly, he feels a presence beside him. he opens his eyes to see mitch staring at him. "mathletes! mathletes! " mitch chants loudly. mitch gives byron a thumbs-up and then proceeds to strut around like a peacock, high-fiving the other team members, as byron shuts his eyes again and does his best to refocus his mind which statement best summarizes the passage?