I handed three to the cashier at my restaurant in payment of lunch, and the ventilated one was in the middle.
What is the best description of the structure of this sentence from the passage?

A) Two dependent clauses connected by a conjunction
B) Two independent clauses connected by a conjunction
C) A dependent clause and a conjunction, followed by an independent clause
D) An independent clause and a conjunction, followed by a dependent clause

Read this excerpt from we’ve got a job: the 1963 children’s march. though connor was commissioner of public safety, blacks knew that it wasn't their health and safety he intended to protect. and he certainly didn't put out their fires. between the late 1940s and early 1960s, more than fifty black homes and churches in birmingham were bombed. one neighborhood was hit so often, it was called "dynamite hill." no one was ever prosecuted, even when the police could identify the bombers. what is the tone of the excerpt? inquisitive sentimental apologetic scornful