Read the excerpt from black boy.
my mother fell ill and the problem of food became an acute, daily agony. hunger was with us always. sometimes the neighbors would feed us or a dollar bill would come in the mail from my grandmother. it was winter and i would buy a dime’s worth of coal each morning from the corner coalyard and lug it home in paper bags. for a time i remained out of school to wait upon my mother, then granny came to visit us and i returned to school.
through his personal experience, which social issue is wright emphasizing?
the effects of long distances on families
the benefits of certain types of energy
the benefits of education for children
the effects of poverty on families

Which statement best describes the narrator's reliability? the narrator is unreliable because o she does not reveal how old she is until the end of the passage.

Nthis poem by ruskin bond, what does the use of the word heart-beats suggest about the narrator's attitude toward life?

Which statement best describes how these paragraphs develop the central idea of the article? a- they elaborate on the idea that the offer has been made with youngsters in mind. b- they provide additional information as to why the prize is a wagon instead of something else. c- they support the idea that the wagon is attractive to youngsters and is a worthy prize. d- they introduce the idea that the newspaper is a generous organization. read paragraphs 4 and 5. the disc wheel coaster wagon is thirty-six inches long and sixteen inches wide. the coaster is built exactly like a high-powered automobile. the disc wheels have rubber tires and true roller bearings. it runs as smoothly as an eight-cylinder automobile. it is built of the strongest wood and is equipped with a reliable hand brake, enabling the owner to stop in an instant. the tongue—usually the first thing about a wagon to break and render the wagon unserviceable—is so stout that a man can jump on it without breaking it.