After reading Barrio Boy, students were asked to write a paragraph about the relationships between the adults and the children in the story. Which answer option contains a well-written introductory statement and supporting detail?
The adult characters in Barrio Boy are strict and serious. They are also very bossy, and it does not seem fun to grow
up in that small neighborhood,
O One time when the boy takes a part off the bed, the grown up makes him put it back. Another time he has to clean
the bathroom.
One of the adult characters is the mother. She finds a place for them to stay and points out the American flag,
O The adult characters in Barrio Boy expect to be obeyed and respected. This is evident when the children of the
village have to politely run errands for their neighbors,

Read the following excerpt from "dark tower" by claude mckay before you choose your answer. "we shall not always plant while others reap the golden increment of bursting fruit, nor always countenance, abject and mute, that lesser men should hold their brothers cheap; not everlastingly while others sleep shall we beguile their limbs with mellow flute, not always bend to some more subtle brute. we were not made eternally to weep. the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark, white stars, is no less lovely being dark; and there are buds that cannot bloom at all in light, but crumple, piteous, and fall. so in the dark we hid the heart that bleeds, and wait, and tend our agonizing needs." in context, the expression "the night, whose sable breast relieves the stark,/ white stars, is no less lovely being dark; " is best interpreted as a. the light of the stars overpowers the black of night b. the black of night overpowers the light of the stars c. black and white contribute equally to the beauty of the night sky d. black and white continuously compete for prominence in the night sky