The feeling that things weren't as good as they seemed is best described by which line from "Borders"?
A."I told Stella that we were Blackfoot and Canadian, but she said that didn't count because I was a minor."
B."We got postcards from Laetitia regularly, and, if she wasn't spreading jelly on the truth, she was happy."
C."Pride is a good thing to have, you know. Laetitia had a lot of pride, and so did my mother."
D."The Canadian border guard was a young woman, and she seemed happy to see us."
Is it B?
The opening image of "Hip-Hop Planet" of a burning man running into a room is used to describe?
A. The racial tension in Harlem.
B. The origin of hip-hop music.
C. The riots in France over unemployment
D. The difference in role between a DJ and a MC.
B?
Which best describes why the author has the mother and son in "Borders" sleep in the car for two days?
A. To show their poverty.
B. To show their bureaucracy of the border patrol.
C. To show the tension among the characters in the rising action of the story.
D. To show the depth of the mother's willingness to stand up for her heritage.
D?