2. all of the following lines of dialogue from "the swimming contest" contain foreshadowing of events in the story except? a. "it all depends on the individual; everyone who wants peace will live in peace." b. "o rest if i've got nothing else to do. not because there's a god, but just if i feel like it." c. "we can have a shooting match if you like." d. "if he ever manages to beat me here in the pool, it will be very bad for all of us." 3. which of the following events from "the swimming pool" is the clearest indication of the story's final outcome? (answer choices are in comments! ) 4. context clues the reader? (answer choices are in comments! ) 5. read the following sentences from "the swimming context." "back in the house, abdul-karim put on a record, (the rest, question, and answer choices are in comments! )

the answer:

in the first part of the story running is all that matters to squeaky. running gives her confidence and defines who she is. at the beginning of the story she says that other kids call her mercury because she runs very fast. in the text she refers to herself as "miss quicksilver".

the line that provides the best evidence that squeaky has self-confidence is

" and i continue with my breathing exercise, strolling down broadway toward the ice cream man on 145th with not a care in the world cause i am miss quicksilver herself".

to kill a mockingbird basically is about a lawyer who goes against everything in a racist society like at the time of this novel, to defend a black man accused of sexual abuse. in the bible there are cases like that of joseph, who was accused by the woman of potifar, for a crime similar to that of tim robbinson, of that novel (genesis 39: 1-20). at this point we see that god also provides the escape to joseph, who was accused unjustly, but in his time, and through his attitude, his faith was not shaken, and god provided the solution. the perspective of god also written in the bible and not pay evil with evil. (ephesians 4: 32, 1 thessalonians 5: 15, 1 peter 3: 9). atticus, the lawyer, demonstrated during this lee novel, empathy, love of neighbor, understood the situation of this accused man. he went against everything in that society, and stood in favor of that man, for the injustice committed. this shows the empathy, the love taught by christ, in some passages that speak of love and justice in the sermon of the beatitudes (especially verses 6 and 7 of matthew 5).