Read the excerpt from Notes of a Native Son. In that year I had had time to become aware of the meaning of all my father’s bitter warnings, had discovered the secret of his proudly pursed lips and rigid carriage: I had discovered the weight of white people in the world. I saw that this had been for my ancestors and now would be for me an awful thing to live with and that the bitterness which had helped to kill my father could also kill me.

Which best expresses the connection that Baldwin makes between the historical context of racial prejudice and the physical effects it has on his father?

A. His father’s premature death reflects the rapid disappearance of racial prejudice in early 20th-century America.

B. His father’s immunity to stress reflects the immunity of African Americans to the effects of racial prejudice.

C. The tension in his father’s body reflects the tension between oppressor and oppressed in early 20th-century America.

D. The weakness in his father’s body reflects the weakness of the riot against discrimination in Harlem.

In the song mallam sile sings in lines 113 through 130 the knife probably represents

3one of the biggest impacts a building has on earth is the energy it uses. currently, most of the world’s energy comes from burning fossil fuels. these fuels are dirty and when they are burned they pollute the air and water. one way to burn fewer fossil fuels is to reduce the amount of electricity a building has to use. passive solar heating, which uses heat from the sun, reduces the amount of fossil fuel used to heat buildings. passive solar heating requires a south-facing wall made of glass. when sunlight shines through the wall, it is collected and used to warm the building. another way green buildings reduce their electricity use is to install other energy sources. for example, some green buildings use panels that turn energy from the sun into useable electricity. which is the best summary of paragraph 3? a) fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water. most of the world's energy comes from these fuels. b) the biggest problem of buildings is that they use fuel that is dirty for heating. they need to do something to be more energy efficient. c) panels that turn energy from the sun into electricity and passive solar heating can stop the burning of fossil fuels which pollute air and water. d) since fossil fuels are dirty and pollute the air and water, other technologies that pollute less and produce energy have been developed like solar energy and green buildings.

The attitude the speaker in this poem holds toward himself can best be described as