Michelle highlighted this sentence in her favorite Western paperback novel: “The bandit weaseled his way through the throng of women in hoop skirts and petticoats, making it nearly impossible for the sheriff and his posse to catch him before he hopped on the train.” How does the word “weaseled” contribute to the tone of the sentence? A It shows the author’s sympathy for the bandit. B It shows the author’s disdain for the bandit and his actions. C It provides a concrete description of the bandit’s appearance. D It provides a point of comparison so the reader can better understand the bandit.

In order really to hate white people, one has to blot so much out of the mind — and the heart — that this hatred itself becomes an exhausting and self-destructive pose. but this does not mean, on the other hand, that love comes easily: the white world is too powerful, too complacent, too ready with gratuitous humiliation, and, above all, too ignorant and too innocent for that.which sentence best explains how the use of parallelism in the excerpt supports baldwin's purpose? a. it proves baldwin's central idea by highlighting the obvious.b. it emphasizes the problems that prevent one from loving the white world.c. it explains why the white world is unable to replace hate with love.d. it enumerates the many ways of dealing with the white world.