What do these two excerpts help readers understand about
Lincoln's life?
Read these excerpts
My mother, who died in my tenth year, was of a family of
the name of Hanks, some of whom now reside in Adams,
and others in Macon counties, Illinois.
-"1859 Autobiographical Statement for the Chester County
Times
He [Lincoln) could remember how he stayed by his
mother's side and watched her face while listening to her
read the Bible
---Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood Home at Knob Creek
His mother's death led him to find some of her family,
who lived in Illinois
He was strongly influenced by the life and death of his
mother
He often sat by his mother's side and watched her face
when she read to him
His mother's family had the last name "Hanks" and lived
in Adams

Read the excerpt from "the storyteller." the smaller girl created a diversion by beginning to recite "on the road to mandalay.” she only knew the first line, but she put her limited knowledge to the fullest possible use. she repeated the line over and over again in a dreamy but resolute and very audible voice; it seemed to the bachelor as though some one had had a bet with her that she could not repeat the line aloud two thousand times without stopping. whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet. "come over here and listen to a story,” said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord. the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage. evidently her reputation as a storyteller did not rank high in their estimation. in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good, and made friends with every one on account of her goodness, and was finally saved from a mad bull by a number of rescuers who admired her moral character. which instances of situational irony occur in the passage? select two options. a.) “whoever it was who had made the wager was likely to lose his bet.” b.) “‘come over here and listen to a story,’ said the aunt, when the bachelor had looked twice at her and once at the communication cord.” -- c.) “the children moved listlessly towards the aunt’s end of the carriage.” d.) “evidently her reputation as a story-teller did not rank high in their estimation.” -- e.) “in a low, confidential voice, interrupted at frequent intervals by loud, petulant questionings from her listeners, she began an unenterprising and deplorably uninteresting story about a little girl who was good.”