Read the following excerpt from “Raymond’s Run” and answer the question. Now some people like to act like things come easy to them, won’t let on that they practice. Not me. I’ll high-prance down 34th Street like a rodeo pony to keep my knees strong even if it does get my mother uptight so that she walks ahead like she’s not with me, don’t know me, is all by herself on a shopping trip, and I am somebody else’s crazy child.

How can Squeaky’s word choice help you determine the setting of the story to be Harlem, NY?

Squeaky exercises in the street because there are no parks.
Squeaky mentions 34 th Street, which is in Harlem.
Squeaky and her mother are going shopping.
Squeaky and her mother walk because they don’t have a car.

b

explanation:

no where does it say that there are no parks in the passage. her and her mother going shopping is not a valid answer because they could be shopping anywhere. and nowhere does it state that they don't have a car -feel free to argue but I believe the second answer is correct.

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answer: d.she abandons people when they least expect it.

in the monk's tale, we encounter seventeen stories that relate historical events. all of these stories have tragic commonalities. they tell the stories of heroes who, despite their success in life, all met sad ends. the monk blames these sad outcomes on fortune. one of fortune's traits is that she abandons people when they least expect it. this is one of the most common themes of medieval tragedies.