Read the excerpt from Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. "Well," I said, walking beside her, "I been thinking 'bout what happened in Strawberry back last month."

"Yeah?" commented Lillian Jean suspiciously.

"Well, to tell you the truth, I was real upset for a while there. But my papa told me it don't do no good sitting around being mad. Then I seen how things was. I mean, I should've seen it all along. After all, I'm who I am and you're who you are."

Lillian Jean looked at me with astonishment that I could see the matter so clearly. "Well, I'm glad you finally learned the way of things."

Why does Cassie tell Lillian Jean that she’s no longer upset about the Strawberry incident?

(A) She wants Lillian Jean to trust her.
(B) She wants to make Lillian Jean angry.
(C) She wants to make Lillian Jean laugh.
(D) She wants Lillian Jean to feel guilty.

The story line remains the same. the kids live in what was then one of the remaining beachfront slums, down the coast from the expensive malibu area. the beach was ruled by surfers, but in the afternoon, when the waves died down, some of the surfers, or their younger brothers, fooled around on skateboards. one day, skip engblom, the shop owner, comes up with a key breakthrough, polyurethane wheels: "they grip." with the additional traction, the z-boys try skating the sides of the big, open drainage canal that runs through the area. then comes a brainstorm: because of a drought, the area's swimming pools were drained. the kids started "borrowing" pools when the owners weren't home, to skate the curved sides.” where did “the lords of dogtown” originally practice their tricks? a. the beach c. an open drainage canal b. empty pools d. none of these