Read this excerpt from Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun:His sister BENEATHA enters. She is about twenty, as slim and intense as her brother. She is not as pretty as her sister-in-law, but her lean, almost intellectual face has a handsomeness of its own. She wears a bright-red flannel nightie, and her thick hair stands wildly about her head.Based on the character description, what can the reader infer about Beneatha?A.She is her own person and doesn't care about how she looks.B.She is envious that her sister-in-law is prettier than she is.C.She thinks she is intellectually superior to her family.D.She and her brother Walter have a great deal in common.

Read the following excerpt from the play A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry:BENEATHA Yes—and I love to talk.GEORGE (Exasperated; rising) I know it and I don't mind it sometimes . . . I want you to cut it out, see—The moody stuff, I mean. . . . As for myself, I want a nice—(Groping)—simple (Thoughtfully)—sophisticated girl . . . not a poet — O.K.? (He starts to kiss her, she rebuffs him again and he jumps up)Which assumption about George is most likely true based on the stage direction?A.He is patient and thoughtful as he tries to tell Beneatha what he thinks of her poetry.B.He is more worried that Beneatha might be unsophisticated than about anything else.C.He has difficulty expressing his feelings and doesn't know how to say he loves Beneatha.D.He expects women to appear sophisticated but not to express sophisticated opinions.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Question 8 of 10Jala feels that her almond-shaped brown eyes are not as pretty as blue eyes that are rounder in shape. Jala's feelings of inferiority are called _____.A.exclusionary rightsB.passive acceptanceC.internalized racismD.white privilege

Read this excerpt from "Everyday Use":In the winter I wear flannel nightgowns to bed and overalls during the day. I can kill and clean a hog as mercilessly as a man.Based on this excerpt, what can the reader infer about the narrator's character?A.That she is strong and hardworkingB.That she is abusive to her daughtersC.That she is soft-spoken and sweetD.That she is mean and unforgivingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Offer alternative interpretationsByron also suggests that without the light on her face, the darkness of the woman's hair would not be .

In the following passage, the narrator reflects on his mother's character. Select the best evidence to support the statement "Photographs of the narrator's mother don't reflect her personality as he knew it." There may be more than one correct choice.She liked to make me laugh by calling herself an Okie even though she was as glossy and nervy and stylish as a racehorse. That exotic character unfortunately comes out a little too stark and unforgiving in photographs—her freckles covered with makeup, her hair pulled back in a ponytail at the nape of her neck like some nobleman in The Tale of Genji—and what doesn't come across at all is her warmth, her merry, unpredictable quality, which is what I loved about her most. It's clear, from the stillness she emanates in pictures, how much she mistrusted the camera; she gives off a watchful, tigerish air of steeling herself against attack.