Read this excerpt from "like mexicans."
. . i ignored them and climbed the back fence to see my best friend, scott, a second-generation okie.
what is the meaning of the underlined term in this context?
someone who is from the west and whose parents are from the west
someone who is racist and whose parents who are racist
someone who is not mexican and whose parents are not mexican
someone who is fluent in english and whose parents are fluent in english

The correct answer is A.

The term "Oakie" is used to refer to residents, natives, or cultural descendants of Oklahoma.

Since Oklahoma is in the midwest of the US, the term Oakie means "someone who is from the West and whose parents are from the West"

The correct answer is A.

Explanation:

Took Test

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel