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Q. How does Sarah Davis' encounter with a rat under her father's coffin help her cope with the outside world?
She learns to "stare down" the people who want to drag her down.
She learns to crush the people who want to drag her down.
She understands that sometimes, life gives you rats. You just have to deal.
She realizes that if she can face a rat, she can face anything.
Q. Sarah talks about a bad father as a "faulty door." What does she mean?
He doesn't work like he should.
He's forbidding and doesn't give "access" to the family.
He doesn't protect his family.
He abandons his family.
Q. Gracie Mae Still tells us that her fat represents something. What is it?
Illness
Lack of control
Emotional pain
Rebellion
Q. In "Advancing Luna—and Ida B. Wells," the narrator explains that Luna isn't just her friend—she's also come to symbolize something larger. What is it?
The folly of the 1 percent
The strength of women
The necessity of friendship
The power that white voices have over Black lives
Q. Why is the narrator's observation of the "mountain illusion" at the end of "Source" a useful commentary on Irene and Anastasia's relationship?
Once their perceptions are corrected, they can appreciate each other.
The difficulties of their friendship are insurmountable, like the mountain.
Their friendship is solid, like a mountain.
They're both stubborn as a pile of rocks.