Answer: redeem, make amends
Explanation:
After college, Katherine became a teacher. She taught school until she got married and had children. When her husband became very sick, she started teaching again to support her family. When Katherine was 34, she heard that NACA (later called NASA) was hiring African American women to solve math problems.
The answer is: D. There are not enough people on the island to do all the work.
(I've taken this test before, good luck!)
Answer: to portray Huck’s father as uneducated and ignorant.
In this excerpt, Twain most likely uses humour to highlight the absurdity of the father's sentiment. This is done in order to portray Huck's father as uneducated and ignorant. The father tells Huck that he does not see the importance of school. Moreover, he thinks school is damaging because it will teach Huck to feel superior to his dad, who is unlikely to have attended school.
