Question

After she graduated from Washington Elementary, where she was a drum majorette in the marching band, Arnetta moved on to Ullman High School. In tenth grade, she and seven friends started the Peace Ponies, a social and savings club. Members volunteered to help younger students and saved their money to give to needy families. In early April 1963, the Peace Ponies went to a mass meeting at Sixteenth Street Baptist Church. Martin Luther King Jr. gave the sermon that night.What does this characterization of Arnetta reveal

Answer 1

This question is missing the answer choices. I was able to find the complete question online. Since the excerpt is the same, I will omit it:

What does this characterization of Arnetta reveal?

A. her academic strengths.

B. her loyalty to friends.

C. her community involvement.

D. her spiritual devotion.

Answer:

What the characterization of Arnetta reveals is:

C. her community involvement.

Explanation:

The excerpt we are analyzing here was taken from the book "We've Got a Job: The 1963 Children's March", by Cynthia Levinson.

The purpose of the passage is to give us information about Arnetta Streeter, one of the participants in the famous march against segregation and discrimination that took place in 1963. Even though the author mentions where Arnetta attended school, the focus is not on her academic strengths or achievements.

What the author shows is that Arnetta was always concerned about the community in which she was inserted. Her community involvement is exemplified by her participation is a club that volunteered to help younger students and that saved their money to give to needy families. Arnetta was clearly worried about improving others' lives.