Answer:
The author's use of Wash's quotes helps readers understand:
D. that Wash had terrible experiences dealing with the police.
Explanation:
Washington Booker, aka Wash, was one of the thousands who protested in 1963 Children's March against segregation in Alabama.
From the excerpt, we can infer that Wash had had awful experiences with the police. One of his quotes used by the author is "the police was vicious murderers." Wash knew the police would hurt African Americans. In cities where segregation was the norm, police violence against black people was even worse. No wonder Wash was surprised to see people turning themselves over to the police. From his own experiences, he knew for a fact there was high chance of them being hurt.
The answer for 15 is C.
The answer for 16 is A.
Let's first implement sectional analysis of the text, then we can examine the general meaning of the excerpt. The excerpt begins with the basic rights of governments must form before their people. Then, it follows the performance and the end result of this action. According to this basic idea of fair governance, people have the rights to replace their government if the government is a tyranny. And the substitute have to be a new government which brings safety and happiness to its people.
The general meaning is the justification of a revolt against United Kingdom during that time and the document as this introductory part confirms laid the foundation of this idea to address all the people living in the new ground.
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A truly horrifying look at the aftermath of a nuclear war. The sole survivor seems to be the poor starving and diseased dog. The house, automated, continues telling the time and anniversaries, but none except the dying dog is there to hear. As depressing as it was, it had a tremendous impact on me, so that 40 years after I read it, when the Navy wanted to base nuclear weapons within less than a mile of my home (at a base the 9/11 terrorists had on their list of potential targets), I organized the opposition, which ultimately convinced the Navy not to build the base.
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