The speaker is a black slave
Answer: Box 1 Night, Box two Adrian is nervous about doing the play/song, Box 3 in a theater, and on the center of the stage
Explanation: Box 1: you can tell it's at night because it says in the story "The final weeks leading up to tonight"
Box 2: In the beginning it says "Adrian wiped her sweaty hands on her skirt"
Box 3: Because of the fact that if she is doing a play/song it would be in a theater, and she is in the center of the stage because it says "The first notes of the opening number were hanging in the air as Adrian quickly took her place in the center of the stage"
Answer:
it leads readers to wonder what awful deed Great-aunt Gertrude must have. committed
Answer:
PART A
B. Incarcerated people and people previously incarcerated can benefit from receiving an education but often face obstacles in obtaining one.
PART B
C. "Based on the difficulty I experienced in going from prison to becoming a college professor, I believe there are things that should be done to remove barriers for incarcerated or previously incarcerated people who wish to pursue higher education.
What is the author's overall purpose of the text?
B. To show readers why it is important for incarcerated people to have improved access to education and how it can be done.
Explanation:
Dr. Stanley Andrisse narrates his story of how he was once an illegal drug dealer in the streets and served jail time, but remarkably cleaned up his life and went to college and became a renowned medical doctor. He believes that the stigma given to incarcerated or formerly incarcerated people shouldn't be there as they deserve access to education like everyone else.
Because she was a rude 13 year old girl who talked back to her mom and then got put on Dr. Phil