Read the passage from Tom Sawyer. "Bother! Well, go ’long with you. I’d made sure you’d played hookey and been a-swimming.”

Which summary accurately translates the dialect into standard English?

A. Darn! Okay, you can go. I was sure you’d skipped school and gone swimming.

B. Great! I’ll go along with you. I made certain you skipped school so we could go swimming.

C. Oh dear. I didn’t realize we’d be talking so late. I meant to be sure you played hookey and went swimming.

D. Fine. I’ll believe you. But I’ll be certain you don’t skip school and go swimming.

Read this excerpt from i never had it made. "it's all that ought to count," he replied. "but it isn't. maybe one of these days it will be all that counts. that is one of the reasons i've got you here, robinson. if you're a good enough man, we can make this a start in the right direction. but let me tell you, it's going to take an awful lot of courage." he was back to the crossroads question that made me start to get angry minutes earlier. he asked it slowly and with great care. "have you got the guts to play the game no matter what happens? " "i think i can play the game, mr. rickey," i said. the next few minutes were tough. branch rickey had to make absolutely sure that i knew what i would face. beanballs would be thrown at me. i would be called the kind of names which would hurt and infuriate any man. i would be physically attacked. could i take all of this and control my temper, remain steadfastly loyal to our ultimate aim? which is the central idea of this excerpt?