Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. When we reached the crossroads, I waved good-bye to Lillian Jean and waited for the others. Before they reached me, Little Man exclaimed, "O, I'm gonna tell Mama! Carrying that ole dumb Lillian Jean's books!"

"Cassie, whatja do that for?" questioned Christopher-John, his round face pained.

"Ah, shoot," laughed T. J. "Ole Cassie jus' learned she better do what's good for her if she don't want no more of Mr. Simms's back hand."

I clinched my fists behind me, and narrowed my eyes in the Logan gaze, but managed to hold my tongue.

What does the excerpt show about the historical time period of the story?

It shows that racial injustice occurred between adults in the South but not between the children.
It shows that racial injustice was losing its power to influence people’s thoughts and actions.
It shows that racial injustice was not something that African Americans were used to experiencing.
It shows that racial injustice made it dangerous for African Americans to stick up for themselves.

Benvolio: part, fools! put up your swords; you know not what you do. [beats down their swords.] enter tybalt. tybalt: what! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds? turn thee, benvolio, look upon thy death. benvolio: i do but keep the peace: put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me. tybalt: what! drawn, and talk of peace? i hate the word, as i hate hell, all montagues, and thee. have at thee, coward! [they fight.] —romeo and juliet, william shakespeare make an inference about the motivation behind each character’s actions in this earlier scene from the play. why does benvolio beat down their swords? a) he wants to be the one to fight b) he is angry that his servant is quarrelling c) he wants there to be peace why does tybalt draw his sword and fight? a) he is motivated by anger at his servants b) he is motivated by hatred of the montegues c) he is motivated by jealousy of benvolio and the awnser is not agressive. just a reminder to yall who put in the word agressive in alot of questions like mine. as the correct awnser