Read the excerpt below from a tree grows in brooklyn by betty smith and answer the question that follows.

[h]e lived on the pennies of the youngsters and he didn’t want to be boycotted.

how does the language in the excerpt reveal the setting of the story?

the reference to “youngsters” reveals the reason the author is writing.

the reference to “pennies” reveals the central message or insight of the story.

the reference to “pennies” reveals the historical context of the story.

the reference to “youngsters” reveals a universal message or insight.

Read this excerpt from holes. a patrol car pulled alongside him. a policeman asked him why he was running. then he took the shoes and made a call on his radio. shortly thereafter, stanley was arrested. it turned out the sneakers had been stolen from a display at the homeless shelter. that evening rich people were going to come to the shelter and pay a hundred dollars to eat the food that the poor people ate every day for free. clyde livingston, who had once lived at the shelter when he was younger, was going to speak and sign autographs. his shoes would be auctioned, and it was expected that they would sell for over five thousand dollars. all the money would go to the homeless. why does sachar include this description of the shoes in the flashback? a.to show where the shoes came from b.to show how valuable the shoes were c.to reveal why stanley was arrested d.to give background on the homeless shelter

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How does frost use ambiguity to present his message about walls and neighbours what evidence supports the idea that the speaker believes good fences make good neighbors what details suggest the opposite