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Read this excerpt from "The All American Sluip."
How does this excerpt support the main conflict of the story?
Mother's approach was to memorize lists of polite phrases
that would cover all possible social situations. She was
constantly muttering things like "I'm fine, thank you. And
you?" Once she accidentally stepped on someone's foot,
and hurriedly blurted, "Oh, that's quite all right!"
It illustrates the challenges of understanding a new
language and culture,
It proves that mothers and daughters disagree about how
to study
It suggests that careless behavior can cause injuries to
others.
It demonstrates the importance of manners in all cultures.
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Ead the passage from "marriage is a private affair” by chinua achebe. "i shall never see her,” was the reply. from that night the father scarcely spoke to his son. he did not, however, cease hoping that he would realize how serious was the danger he was heading for. day and night he put him in his prayers. nnaemeka, for his own part, was very deeply affected by his father’s grief. but he kept hoping that it would pass away. if it had occurred to him that never in the history of his people had a man married a woman who spoke a different tongue, he might have been less optimistic. "it has never been heard,” was the verdict of an old man speaking a few weeks later. in that short sentence he spoke for all of his people. this man had come with others to commiserate with okeke when news went round about his son’s behaviour. by that time the son had gone back to lagos. "it has never been heard,” said the old man again with a sad shake of his head. "what did our lord say? ” asked another gentleman. "sons shall rise against their fathers; it is there in the holy book.” "it is the beginning of the end,” said another. how does this passage reinforce the traditional social hierarchy? the older men in the village tell okeke that he should respect nnaemeka’s decision. the older men in the village console nnaemeka about okeke’s attitude toward his choices. the older men in the village commiserate with okeke regarding nnaemeka’s decision to disobey him. the older men in the village think that nnaemeka should be optimistic that okeke will accept his decision.

They always say that juvenile delinquency is a problem. a.)them b.)everyone c.)a noun

The students who were in favor of adopting the new curriculum wrote editorials for their local newspaper which of these best describes how the information in the editoralw is different from the information in the feature story