Read this excerpt from leah missbach day’s foreword to wheels of change. it is a challenge for many african girl students to remain in school. a myriad of obstacles often stand in their way. they have so many chores to do in the morning they often cannot get to school or start their lessons on time. or, their parents need them to take care of younger siblings while they go work in the fields—a job they would never bestow on their boy children. it used to take lewanika an hour to walk to and from school. now her biking commute is 20 minutes. lewanika is able to get her chores done, make it to school on time, and feel refreshed enough to pay attention in class. what is the central idea of the excerpt? a. african girls are not educated as well as their boy peers. b. the chores assigned to african girls hinder their ability to go to school. c. bicycles enable african girls to attend school despite their busy schedules. d. commuting to school and work by bicycling is becoming an african tradition.

Select the correct answer. read this excerpt from incidents in the life of a slave girl by harriet ann jacobs: among the ladies who were acquainted with my grandmother, was one who had known her from childhood, and always been very friendly to her. she had also known my mother and her children, and felt interested for them. at this crisis of affairs she called to see my grandmother, as she not unfrequently did. she observed the sad and troubled expression of her face, and asked if she knew where linda was, and whether she was safe. my grandmother shook her head, without answering. "come, aunt martha," said the kind lady, "tell me all about it. perhaps i can do something to you." which of these important concepts uncommon to abolitionist literature does jacobs depict in the excerpt? 1. some kind white characters were included in slave narratives so that northerners would not be offended. 2. southern society was complex and diverse with both good and bad people unlike northern stereotypes showed. 3. many kind slave owners and their slaves developed deep friendships. 4. most whites and blacks lived in harmony in the south and made efforts to each other. a. 1 and 4 b. 1 and 3 c. 1 and 2 d. 2 and 3

What inference about haida families can be brawn from the actions foc the sky chief

Determine the meaning of the word *propel* using the context clues in the sentence. wind power is the ability to capture the wind in a way to *propel* the blades of wind turbines. a) to move slowly b) to urge onward c) to stop from moving d) to drive, or cause to move, forward