Answer:
Feeling mistreated, Tom resolves to act on his earlier impulse to become a pirate. He meets Joe Harper, who is likewise disaffected because his mother has wrongly accused and punished him for stealing cream.
Explanation:
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The caged bird represents Angelou's<span> confinement resulting from racism and oppression.</span>
Answer: A. George Stephenson was joined by other inventors to enhance the design of locomotives.
Explanation: I got it right on Edmentum.