Excerpt from the harvest gypsies questions
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part a: which statement best expresses the central idea of the text?

a
while steinbeck doesn’t agree with the treatment of migrant workers, he understands that treating them unfairly is necessary to support america’s agriculture industry.
b
despite the hostility toward migrant workers and their difficult life experiences, their work is essential to the success of the nation’s agriculture industry.
c
migrant workers are often taken advantage of during harvests, because they don’t know that they have a right to better conditions and pay.
d
while america understands that it abuses the labor of migrant workers, the nation appreciates the sacrifices workers make to support the agriculture industry.

part b: which two details from the text best support the answer to part a?

a
“the unique nature of california agriculture requires that these migrants exist, and requires that they move about. peaches and grapes, hops and cotton cannot be harvested by a resident population of laborers.” ( paragraph 3)
b
“the migrants are needed, and they are hated. arriving in a district they find the dislike always meted out by the resident to the foreigner, the outlander.” ( paragraph 4)
c
“but in recent years the foreign migrants have begun to organize, and at this danger signal they have been deported in great numbers, for there was a new reservoir from which a great quantity of cheap labor could be obtained.” ( paragraph 6)
d
“the earlier foreign migrants have invariably been drawn from a peon class. this is not the case with the new migrants.” ( paragraph 12)
e
“they are resourceful and intelligent americans who have gone through the hell of the drought, have seen their lands wither and die and the top soil blow away” ( paragraph 14)
f
“they have come from the little farm districts where democracy was not only possible but inevitable, where popular government, whether practiced in the grange, in church organization or in local government, was the responsibility of every man.” ( paragraph 24)

It is true that prior to 1914 the united states often had been disturbed by events in other continents. we had even engaged in two wars with european nations and in a number of undeclared wars in the west indies, in the mediterranean and in the pacific for the maintenance of american rights and for the principles of peaceful commerce. but in no case had a serious threat been raised against our national safety or our continued independence. what is the theme of this excerpt? a. the responsibility for americans to avoid involvement in war.b. america’s history of international involvement.c. a new kind of threat to american security.d. america’s history as a peaceful nation.

What is a synonym for the word anguish based on the context in which the word appears in this line from james joyce's "araby"? gazing up into the darkness i saw myself as a creature driven and derided by vanity; and my eyes burned with anguish and anger. a. distrust b. torment c. sarcasm d. isolation e. ferocity

Excerpt from 100% - the story of a patriot upton sinclair 10 so peter walked along, with his belt drawn tight, and his restless blue eyes wandering here and there, looking for a place to get a meal. there were jobs to be had, but they were hard jobs, and peter wanted an easy one. there are people in this world who live by their muscles, and others who live by their wits; peter belonged to the latter class; and had missed many a meal rather than descend in the social scale. 11 peter looked into the faces of everyone he passed, searching for a possible opening. some returned his glance, but never for more than a second, for they saw an insignificant looking man, undersized, undernourished, and with one shoulder higher than the other, a weak chin and mouth, crooked teeth, and a brown moustache too feeble to hold itself up at the corners. peters' straw hat had many straws missing, his second-hand brown suit was become third-hand, and his shoes were turning over at the sides. in a city where everybody was "hustling," everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make," why should anyone take a second glance at peter gudge? why should anyone care about the restless soul hidden inside him, or dream that peter was, in his own obscure way, a sort of genius? no one did care; no one did dream. 12 it was about two o'clock of an afternoon in july, and the sun beat down upon the streets of american city. there were crowds upon the streets, and peter noticed that everywhere were flags and bunting. once or twice he heard the strains of distant music, and wondered what was "up." peter had not been reading the newspapers; all his attention bad been taken up by the quarrels of the smithers faction and the lunk faction in the first apostolic church, otherwise known as the holy rollers, and great events that had been happening in the world outside were of no concern to him. peter knew vaguely that on the other side of the world half a dozen mighty nations were locked together in a grip of death; the whole earth was shaken with their struggles, and peter had felt a bit of the trembling now and then. but peter did not know that his own country had anything to do with this european quarrel, and did not know that certain great interests throughout the country had set themselves to rouse the public to action. based on the author's characterization of peter in paragraphs 10, 11, and 12, which word best describes him? a) industrious b) loyal c) patriotic d) poor