Read the passage from “an hour with abuelo” by judith ortiz cofer. in those days you could teach in a country school with a high school diploma. so i went back to my mountain village and got a job teaching all grades in a little classroom built by the parents of my students. i had books sent to me by the government. i felt like a rich man although the pay was very small. which line from the passage best reveals abuelo’s perspective that education is important? 1) in those days you could teach in a country school with a high school diploma. 2) so i went back to my mountain village and got a job teaching all grades in a little classroom built by the parents of my students. 3) i had books sent to me by the government. 4) i felt like a rich man although the pay was very small.

Which would be the most credible source for researching the effects of smoking? letter from your grandfather web page about someone’s lung cancer report prepared by a tobacco company research article in a scientific journal

Use the dictionary entry for crude to answer the question crude use context clues to choose the sentence that best uses the fourth definition of the word crude. crude ['krüd) adj from latin crudus 1. the quality of being unchanged from the original state 2. the quality of being primitive or uncultured 3. the quality of being obvious 4. the quality of being rough in execution rather than being subtle, selma was rather crude in the way she conducted herself at the meeting. elijah and his brother quickly built a crude shelter that would keep them warm and dry through the night. thelma's knowledge of art and poetry showed the rest of the diners that she was far from crude. there was oil to be found on the property, but it was crude and would need to be processed. mark this and return save and exit next submit

Explain how dave’s search for adulthood in ,the man who was almost a man” reflects the africa-american desire to escape the poverty of the south at the time the story was written.