Which statement best explains why the animals readily accept the increased workload?
a.) they think that the harder they work, the more rations they will receive from their leaders, the pigs.
b.) they believe that all of their work benefits the community of animals and ultimately is for the best.
c.) they have been told that they will be able to sleep in beds like the pigs if they continue to work hard.
d.) they think that by working hard they will demonstrate that they are better and more deserving than the pigs.

Read the passage from a raisin in the sun. mama: lord have mercy, baby. you done gone and bought your grandmother a hat? travis (very proud): open it! she does and lifts out an elaborate, but very elaborate, wide gardening hat, and all the adults break up at the sight of it. ruth: travis, honey, what is that? travis (who thinks it is beautiful and appropriate): it's a gardening hat! like the ladies always have on in the magazines when they work in their gardens. beneatha (giggling fiercely): travis—we were trying to make mama mrs. miniver—not scarlett o'hara! mama (indignantly): what's the matter with you all! this here is a beautiful hat! (absurdly.) i always wanted me one just like it! which word or phrase from the text best supports the idea that the adults think the hat is inappropriate? “have mercy” (giggling fiercely) (indignantly) “what’s the matter”